Our Official Organs. 



Since its beginning our Chapter has had 

 many official organs. The first was one of 

 eight pages hardly larger than those of this 

 Bulletin. It was called the "Curlew," and 

 was soon given up for a large magazine. This 

 was the "Ornithologist's and Oologist's Semi- 

 Annual," an illustrated fifty-page octavo that 

 ran through two volumes. A third volume 

 was printed under the name of the "Semi- 

 Annual" and then the m'agazine suspended 

 publication. The "Wilson Qhaarterly" fol- 

 lowed the "Semi-Annual" and two numbers 

 were issued of about fifty pages each. Our 

 last official organ, "The Journal," contained 

 twenty-four pages in its two numbers. These 

 publications will always be of interest to 

 members of the Chapter and in time will be- 

 come quite valuable. No' member should be 

 without a complete file. Each number con- 

 tains much that is of interest to Ornitholo- 

 gists, in addition to the matter relating to 

 the Chapter. These magazines are fast ^be- 

 coming scarce and already the "Curlew" is 

 out of print. At present there are only nine 

 full sets of the others left. They contain 

 nearly four hundred pages, and cost, when 

 published, two dollars. In order to turn these 

 back numbers into cash, a complete set is of- 



