Bulletin 



OF THK 



flDicbiGan ©rnitbolOQical Club 



A QUARTERLY MAGAZINE DEVOTED TO THE ORNITHOLOGY 

 OF THE GREAT LAKE REGION. 



ALEXANDER W. BLAIN, Jr. 



EDITOR. 



131 Elmwood Avenue, - Detroit, Mich. 



ASSOCIATES : 



Walter B. Barrows, - Agricultural College, Mfch. 

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



Detroit, Mich., June, 1904. 



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EDITORIAL 



The publication in 1893 of "Cook's Birds of Michigan"' marked a new- 

 epoch in the ornithology of the state — its influence cannot be over-estimated. 

 The work, however, was unfortunate in some respects, many of the records 

 being entered on insufficient evidence, and still others, appare.-tly on none at 

 all. It nevertheless has served as a guide to students in the past eleven 

 years. So much for the work of the past. 



The announcement of a new book on the birds of the state will be wel- 

 comed by all, and the fact that the foremost ornithologist of the state is to 

 undertake the task is still more reason why it will be welcomed. Years of 

 work in the field, eight years as one of the ornithologists of the United States 

 Government, not to speak of his labors in the museum and classroom as a 

 professor of zoology, in our opinion, renders Mr. Barrows the fittest to com- 

 pile a list of the birds which have been recorded in this s^ate. He has already 

 spent ten years on the work and an abundance of good material has accumu- 

 lated, but there is still much to be desired in the way of local lists before the 

 work goes to press. All Michigan students should take a personal interest in 

 the work and extend to the author all possible aid in forwarding the pleas- 

 antly anticipated work. 



