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The work is already well under way and we fourth of the cards have been 

 returned to the secretary, it is expected thai all will be returned by May l 

 and that i hi- final oopy can be prepared, verified, and made ready for the 

 press before the next annual meeting. 



\\ editorial in a recent cumber of the 'Wilson Bulletin' contemplates 

 the organisation of an Ornithological Society or rather tin- extension 

 of the existing Wilson Club -to cover the Interior states and to hold 

 annual meetings for the purpose of bringing the members into close personal 

 touch. It seems to us that such a movement cannot be too strongly 

 commended, the one weak point in the organisation of the Wilson Club 



has always seemed to he this lack of personal contact, which is all important 



in stimulating ornithological activity. 



The geographic arrangemenl of Ornithological Societies mentioned in 

 the closing paragraph does not, however, seem to us a very happy one, i. < . 

 "The Cooper Club on the Pacific side, the A, 0. I', on the Atlantic, ami 

 the Wilson Club in the Interior." The A. 0. I'. is in no sense local in its 

 activities and it draws its strength from the Pacific and Interior states as 

 well as from the Atlantic coast. 'The holding of its meetings in the east 

 has been because the .ureal majority of active ornithologists are located 

 there and almost all the invitations for holding the annual meetings have 



come from eastern cities. Moreover the burden imposed upon the local 

 members on such occasions is unfortunately considerable and makes it 

 difficult to entertain the Union except in cities where there are a large 

 number of resident members. 



A better grouping would we think he: "'The Cooper Club on the Pacific 

 side, the Wilson Club in the Interior and the Nut tall and Delaware \ alley 

 Clubs in the east ; with the A. O. U. covering all three districts and meeting 

 now in one and now in another, according to the invitations received and 

 the number of active ornithologists who oould be guaranteed to be in 

 attendance. For some time to come the A. 0. Q. meetings will probably 



be held mainly m the east for the reasons already cited, but the proposed 

 activity of the Wilson Club would we feel suit-, soon result in invitations 

 to meet somewhere m the interior which would, we have no doubt, be 

 promptly accepted. The Cooper Chili has already successfully managed 

 One A 0. I. meeting on 'the coast ' and bids fair to duplicate it in the neat- 

 future. 



Meanwhile an Annual meeting of the Wilson Club will undoubtedly 



draw the ornithologists of the interior slates into close association and 

 if held al a time other than that of the A. 0. (J. meeting will ensure them 

 an opportunity for personal contact without conflicting with the more 

 general gathering. The movement will also concentrate their energies 



and resources so t hat an A. 0. U. meeting in one of t he Interior slates will 

 WO trust, be an event of the near future. 



