42 THE SEMI-ANNUAL. 



EDITORIAL. 



In assumino- the duties which devolve upon your newly elected 

 president, I find that not the least arduous of these and yet one 

 in which I shall always be greatly interested antl undertake with 

 much pleasure, is that of editing that department of the Semi- 

 Annual which is devoted to our organization. 



The field is a new one to me and would be entered with no 

 little hesitation, did I not feel assured that you", who have raised 

 me to this position, will stand by me and make the interest of 

 the magazine your own. 



I enter upon my duties with no qualifications, unless an earnest 

 and thoughtful interest in our organization and the honorable 

 service as your secretary, can be called such. 



It is proposed to fill a large portion of the space allotted to us 

 with reports of members and committees, and fresh and new 

 notes from the field. It therefoi-e rests with you, fellow workers, 

 of how great value this space, which is jour own, shall be to 

 you. 



Will vou not, by sending in such notes, show a real, live in- 

 terest in making our department tell of the freshness of the fields 

 and woods and cheer us with the brightness of the sunlight .'' 



Lynds Jones. 



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The Semi-Annual hereafter, will be made more particularly 

 the organ of the Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the A. A. 

 Each member of the Chapter should send notes and endeavor to 

 make each issue brighter and more interesting. 



Members of Committees should endeavor to make their re- 

 ports very replete and exhaustive. Each subject given out by 

 Chairmen of Committees, should be thoroughly worked and 

 fully written up. No stone should be left unturned that will add 

 to the value of the difibrent reports. The only possible way in 

 which this work can be rightly and fully prepared, is for each 

 member who has a part of the work assigned him, to push it 

 forward conscientiously and exhaustively. 



Chairmen of Committees can do nothing without aid and this 

 aid must come from the scattered members. In this manner a 



