THE WILSON BULLETIN 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Birds. Official Or 

 gan of the Wilson Ornithological Club 



Edited by LYNDS JONES 



PUBLISHED BY THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB, AT CHICAGO, ILL. 



Price in the United States, Canada, and Mexico, One Dollar a year, 30 cens a number 

 post paid. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union, $1.25 a year, 40 cents 

 a number. Subscriptions may be sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr. P. B. 

 Coffin. 8232 Groveland Avenue, Chicago, III. 



OFFICERS FOR THE CURRENT YEAR 



President: Dr. T. C. Stephens, Mornlngslde, Sioux City, Iowa. 



Vice-President: Geo. L. Fordyce, Youngstown, Ohio. 



Secretary: Thos. L. Hankinson, Charleston, 111. 



Treasurer: P. B. Coffin, 3232 Groveland Ave., Chicago, 111. 



Editor "The Wilson Bulletin": Lynds Jones, Spear Laboratory, 

 Oberlin, Ohio. 



Business Manager: Gerard Alan Abbott, 1543 East 61st, St., 

 Chicago, 111. 



EDITORIAL 



The new cover design is from the pen of Karl Plath of Chicago. 

 It was hoped that in some way a likeness of Alexander Wilson, 

 the "Father of American Ornithology," might be used in an appro- 

 priate design, but this proved not feasible. Wilson's Phalarope is 

 well adapted both in form and coloration for the purpose, and its 

 range, even if covering the whole of America, is more particularly 

 In the interior of North America in summer — the field which the 

 Wilson Ornithological Club essays to cover. 



The editor dared to hope, last year, that there would be gen- 

 erous response to his call for May horizons or even censuses. 

 Those which reached him were so few that there was hesitation 

 about publishing them. But in the hope that their publication may 

 be the means of stimulating many to undertake the work for this 

 coming May these lists are presented elsewhere in this issue. If 

 it is desired to make the largest possible list the time chosen for 

 the region of Oberlin should be near May 20. The best time will 

 vary with the locality. Can we not have a large number of May 

 lists for 1916? 



Elsewhere in this issue there appears the Secretary's account 

 of the Columbus meeting of our Club. Those who were in attend- 



