EDITORIAL NOTES 



Are you feeding any birds this winter? Just the right time 

 to begin now. The birds will pay you back tenfold for the 

 trifling cost and efi^ort. Every bird saved from starvation now 

 means more birds somewhere next summer. 



The editor regrets that much interesting and valuable ma- 

 terial had to be omitted, either entire or in part, from lack of 

 space in the bulletin — more especially that it was not possible to 

 publish the bird songs reduced to musical notation which accom- 

 panied Miss Sturtevant's paper, and the interesting photographs 

 of birds and winter feeding which Mr. Horton and others sent 

 with their papers. 



How about your local game warden : does he care whether 

 the law protecting song and insectivorous birds is enforced? 

 Does he know anything about birds anyway ? Do a little mis- 

 sionary work with him and secure his interest and goodwill ; 

 they will be useful if you ever want to reach human enemies 

 of the birds through the strong arm of the law. A spicy letter 

 from him to a boy cursed with a new air gun will work 

 wonders and save the lives of many birds. But first try the 

 missionary work on the boy in every case. 



The tabulated records of birds seen during the year 1910 

 which were sent in to the secretary are indicative of the good 

 work some of the club members are doing. It is not possible 

 in the limits of the bulletin to publish these statistical facts, but 

 this should not deter any member from sending in the tabulated 

 lists on the blanks which will be furnished by the secretary. It 

 only by the comparison of a considerable number of these local 

 lists for several years and from many parts of the state that 

 the real standing of any species can be determined. Every 

 one of these lists which is sent in adds to the scientific value of 

 the club records. Get a blank from the secretary, fill it out, 

 whether you see tw^enty-five birds or one hundred and twenty- 

 five, and send it in at the end of the year. 



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