THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Mag&rine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB, AT OBERLIN, OHIO. 



Price in the United States, Canada and Mexico, 50 cents a year, 15 cents a number, post- 

 paid. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, 65 cents a year, 20 cents 

 a number. Subscriptions may ha sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or ta Mr. Frank L. 

 Burns, Berwyn, Penn. 



Oftic-ers of the Wilson Oniitholo.irical Cliil) for ]'.X»7: 

 President. Lynds .Jones, Oberlin, Oliio. 

 Vice-President, R. L. Baird, Denmark, Iowa. 

 Secretary. Benj. T. Gault, Glenn Ellyn, 111. 

 Treasurer, Bradshaw II. Swales, Grosse Isle, ilicb. 

 Members of the Executive Council : W. L. Dawson, Seattle, Wash. ; 

 . W. .Jacobs. Waynesl)ur.t:. Pa. ; H. C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



EDITORIAL. 



As announced by postal, this issue of the Bulletin is a month late 

 because the Editor spent the month of June on the Washington coast 

 with Rev. W. L. Dawson, studying the birds of that little known 

 part of our Pacific coast. Some of the results of that study may be 

 expected in subse<iuent Billetins. It is sufficient here to remark 

 that the value of the month's experiences cannot be measured in cur- 

 rent values. 



Notices of publications received and book reviews must again be 

 deferred because the time at the editor's disposal will not permit the 

 proper attention to such reviews. He wishes to express his thanks to 

 authors and publishers for courtesies thus received, with the promise 

 of careful review at the earliest possible date. 



As announced on the cards sent out in June, the September number 

 of the Bulletin will also be somewhat late because of the expected 

 absence of the Editor in Porto Rico during the better part of August. 

 But the lateness of that issue will be largely determined by the con- 



