Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



/IIMcbigan ©rnitbological Club, 



Published Quarterly. 



L. WHITNEY W ATKINS, Manchester, Mich., 

 Editor-in Chief. 



Associates : 

 W. A. Davidson, 383 Morrell St., Detroit, Mich. 



T. L. Hankinson, Agricultural College, Mich. 

 Norman A. Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich. 



Managing Editors, 



W. EARLE MULLIKEN, j 

 LEON J. COLE, j 



191 First Ave., Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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The Bulletin of the Michigin Ornithological Club 

 does not appear as a rival of any publication, but 

 rather as a hearty co-worker in their field of useful- 

 ness in the diffusion of knowledge regarding birds. 

 We stand for hearty co-operative work among the 

 birds of the Great Lake Region, and trust and hope 

 that all workers in ornithology in Michigan, and 

 adjoining states and Canada, and all interested in 

 the birds of this region will join with the Club, 

 whose interests we represent, as a field worker and 

 observer, and share with us in a work of pleasure 

 and health and profit. To all such we extend a 

 cordial greeting. 



Officially received Feb'y 2nd, 1897: 



"The Wilson Ornithological Chapter of the Agassiz 

 Association sends hearty greetings to the Michigan 

 Ornithological Club, in whose work we feel a deep 

 interest. We are working side by side toward the 

 same end — the advancement of our knowledge of 

 the birds in every possible way. It is pleasing to 

 notice that the editor-in-chief of the publications of 

 each organization is a member of both organizations. ' ' 



We acknowledge with hearty thanks this graceful 

 courtesy of a sister club to us, and will gladly join 

 with, any and with all in the fulfillment of our 

 unselfish purpose. 



This Bulletin will fearlessly expose the methods 

 of any firm or individual dealing dishonestly with 

 any member of the Club, or with any ornithologist 

 in this state, whether a member or not. 



We assert ourselves unhesitatingly in favor of the 

 strict enforcement of our game and fish laws, and 

 will at all times do our utmost to aid State Warden 

 Osborn, of our Club, in bringing all offenders of the 

 same to speedy justice. Any members, or others, 

 who know of any violation of these laws, will be 

 expected to promptly notify any officer of the Club 

 or any of the editorial board of this paper or Mr. 

 Osborn personally, and the laws will be speedily 

 vindicated. The editors of this official bulletin will 

 reserve space in its columns for the reports of all 

 interested in this work of protection, and will be 

 glad of notice of all violations with the names of the 

 offenders. 



We applaud Governor Pingree's prompt announce- 

 ment that he will remove from office any prosecuting 

 attorney who refuses to properly prosecute violaters 

 of the game and fish laws. 



There is not an article, note or news item in this 

 paper which is not Avritten by a member of the 



Michigan Ornithological Club. 



Each member of the Club will co-operate with the 

 American Ornithologists' Union committee on the 

 protection of our native American birds from need- 

 less destruction. Mr. Wm. Dutcher, 525 Manhattan 

 Ave., New York City, is chairman. Write to him. 



There will be, in each subsecjuent number of this 

 bulletin, space devoted to questions and answers. 

 Send 1hem along. This is to be the Club's medium 

 of conversation for discussion and for study. Com- 

 pare your notes. 



In sending in notes and news for publication, 

 kindly write them carefully upon a separate sheet 

 and not mixed throughout a personal letter. It will 

 save the editor a great amount of labor if you will 

 remember this. 



We receive a sad notice of the death of Major 

 Chas. E. Bendire. He died at Jacksonville, Florida, 

 on Feb. 4, 1897. 



Major Bendire has been for many years curator of 

 the Department of Oology in the U. S. National 

 Museum. We all -know him as the author of that 

 great work, ' 'The Life Histories of North American 

 Birds." 



The death of this excellent man and earnest 

 ornithologist will be lamented by every student of 

 birds in America. 



