Bulletin 



OF" THE 



flDicbigan iSmitbological Club 



A QUARTERI.Y MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 

 OF THE GREAT LAKE REGION. 



ALEXANDER W. BLAIN, Jr. 



EDITOR. 



131 Elmwood Avenue, - Detroit, Mich. 



ASSOCIATEvS : 



J. Claire Wood, - - - Detroit, Mich. 



Adolphe B. Covert, - - - Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Detroit, Mich.. ^NIarch. 1904. 



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 Free to Members of the Club nf>t in arrears for dues. 



Exchanges and Mss. should be sent to the P^ditor. Dues, subscriptions and communications of a 

 business nature should be sent to Chas. E. Wisner, 1115 Brooklyn A\e., Detroit, Mich. 



editorial 



With thi.s issue the Bulletin enters upon its fifth voknne, making the 

 ninth ornithological pubhcation in this country to have reached that age. As 

 is the case with other similar journals, its path has not heen entirely strewn 

 with flowers, but tbose in charge at different times, since the beginning, have 

 had to fight the many difficulties which are constantly arising. 



Thanks to the deep interest of the ornithologists in the state, as well 

 as to those in the surrounding states and Canada, the Bulletin is now well 

 on its feet. May it live and prosper long after its present friends are in the 

 land with the souls of the. songsters which lie in their cabinets. 



Owing to the length and importance of the papers on the Kirtland's 

 warbler, published in this issue, we have been forced to defer many articles, 

 notes, the Club minutes, and list of members to the June issue. While the 

 general plan has been slightly deranged, we nevertheless feel that all will 

 be well pleased with the present issue. 



The organization of a Michigan Audobon Society is a step in the right 

 direction in the line of legitimate bird protection in this state, and we wish 

 it all possible success. At the first quarterly meeting of the Club for 1904, 



