70 The Wilson Bulletin.— Xo. 43. 



THE WILSON BULLETIN, 



A Quarterly Mag^azine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

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Edited by LYNDS JONES. 



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EDITORIAL. 



The editor is pleased to announce that the next Bulletin will con- 

 tain a list of the birds of Mount Mansfield, Lamoille county, Ver- 

 mont, by Mrs. Elizabeth B. Davenport. Local lists are always of pe- 

 culiar value and interest in these days of widespread study of the 

 birds. They furnish a basis for study by those who are beginnings 

 to learn the birds, and enable them to make more accurate identi- 

 fications in the field. They are also a great aid in the final compila- 

 tion of a state list. 



The next Bulletin will also contain an illustrated article on an un- 

 usual nesting place of the Great Horned Owl. The time is not far 

 distant when this bird will be extinct in the eastern parts of the 

 country, because he is so inordinately fond of poultry and other do- 

 mestic animals which are raised for profit. He is too conservative 

 to change his habits to save his neck, and must pay the penalty. 



A useful piece of summer work would be the careful study of the 

 bird fauna of any region in which you find yourself. It should be 

 carefully borne in mind that some birds return from more northern 

 breeding places in July and August, and any such species should 

 not be included among the breeding birds. Therefore, keep a record 

 of all birds with the dates for such records. Far too little attention 

 has been given to the summer birds in most of the middle parts of 



