io6 The Wilson Bulletin. 



THE WILSON BULLETIN. 



A Quarterly Magazine Devoted to the Study of Living Birds. 

 Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz 

 Association. 



Edited by LVNDS JONES. 



PUBLISHED BY THE CHAPTER, AT OBERLIN, OHIO. 



SUBSCRIPTION RATES. 



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 ber, postage paid. 



Price in ail countries in the International Postal Union, Sixty-Five Cents a year, Twenty 

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 Subscriptions may be sent to Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio, or to Mr. Frank L. Burns, Ber- 



wyn, Penn., or to Mr. John W. Daniel, Jr., 3146 Q street, N. W., Washington, D. C. 



EDITORIAL. 



The outlook for 1903 seems bright. We have a largely in- 

 creased membership already, and the probabilities are for a still 

 larger increase before the close of this year. The subscription 

 list is constantly growing and the interest of all bird students in 

 our work is showing itself more and more. We already have 

 nearly ready for publication several papers which must prove 

 valuable additions to our chosen science. At least one more Sec- 

 tional Bird Census, a comprehensive study of Mourning Dove, a 

 paper to follow Lorain County Winter Birds, on the breeding 

 birds, and another to follow these two on The Terms Used to De- 

 note Relative Abundance. These are some of the definite prom- 

 ises for next year. We hope, also, to be able to introduce our 

 readers gently to some of the world problems in ornithology, by 

 means of personal work in certain foreign fields which some of 

 our members or friends have been doing. We have not ex- 

 hausted America yet, to be sure, but a broader view can in no 

 wise be detrimental to our understanding of our own birds. It 

 should be a material aid. The world is so much smaller than it 

 was five years ago that we begin to long for some of its good 

 things beyond our own home land. 



It may be of interest to readers of the Bulletin, as well as to 

 members of the Wilson Chapter, to learn something of what is 

 being done by some of our active ornithologists. 



