THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club. 



Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE CLUB, AT OBERUN, 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 be sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr. Frank L. 

 Burns, Berwyn, Penn. 



Officers of the Wilson Ornitliological Club for 1907: 

 President, Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 

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

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

 Treasurer, Bradshaw H. Swales, Grosse Isle, Mich. 

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

 J. W. Jacobs, Waynesburii, Pa. ; H. C. Oberholser, Washington, D. C. 



EDITORIAL. 



The editor's absence from Oberlin during the sununer and early 

 autumn is responsible for the great delay in the appes^rance of this 

 number of the Bulletin. This delay was foreseen and announced in 

 May. It is anticipated that if there are any further delays they will 

 be slight. 



Promptness in the appearance of the Bulletin largely depends 

 upon contributors. It is important that copy Intended for any issue 

 should reach the editor not later than the 25tli of the month pre- 

 ceding the issue. Copy for the December number should reach the 

 editor's desk by November 25. Will you not attend to this matter at 

 once and help to make the December number better than any which 

 has yet been issued? 



The article entitled "Birds from a Car Window Again" in this num- 

 ber is intended as the first of a series relating to the editor's studies 

 on the Washington coast. Succeeding articles will be illustrated. 

 The object of these articles will be to acquaint the reader with the 

 cardinal features of certani restricted areas or islands which are rep- 

 resentative, and give as much of the life histories of characteristic 

 birds as the short period of study warrants. 



