no The Wilson Bulletin. 



each office. You will thereby show your interest in the affairs of 

 the Chapter, and in so far encourage the officers to plan for the 

 future. The existence of such an organization depends upon the 

 interest and activity of every member. The officers can only 

 carry out the ideas submitted by the membership as a whole; 

 they cannot hope to enlist interest in plans which may run con- 

 trary to the opportunities and inclinations of others, as any arbi- 

 trary plans are likely to do. Before you have time to forget about 

 it make your nominations and send them to the President, 

 Lynds Jones, Oberlin, O. 



ELECTION OF MEMBERS. 



The following persons make application for membership in the 

 Wilson Chapter : 

 For Active membership- 

 Rev. W. F. Henninger, Tiffin, Ohio. 

 Mrs. Leland L. Gibbs, Antigo, Wis. 

 Mrs. Stephen Cobb Goss, Hyde Park, 111. 



For Associate membership — 



Harold Bowditch, Jamaica Plain, N. Y. 



Henry A. Slack, Hurstville, N. Y. 



PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 



Pacific Coast Avifauna, No. 3. Check-List of California 

 Birds, by Joseph Grinnell. Cooper Ornithological Club of Cal- 

 ifornia. 



This is more than merely a check-list, for besides the serial and 

 A.O.F/. numbering, the scientific names with double authority, 

 and the vernacular names, a scientific synonymy and the 

 "status" of each of the 491 species and 33 hypothetical species, 

 is given. The "Status" includes both the time of year during 

 which the birds are in California, and the regions where they 

 have been found. Two colored maps giving the life zones and 

 faunal areas of the state add materially to the value of the pam- 

 phlet. The author is to be heartily commended for his attitude 

 of conservatism toward all questionable records. The relegation 

 of questionable species to the Hypothetical List does no one in- 

 justice, and saves the list from criticism. We must admit to a 



