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Bulletin of the Michigan Ornithological Club. 



BULLETIN 



OF THE 



/IDtcbtGan ©tnttbological Club, 



Published Quarterly. 



LEON J. COLE, 703 Church St., Ann Arbor, Mich., 

 Editor-in-Chief. 



Associates : 



Percy Selous, Greenville, Mich. 



Dr. Robt. H. Wolcott, Lincoln, Neb. 



W. EARLE MULLIKEN, ) 



}■ Managing Editors, 

 A. B. DURFEE, ( 



Grand Rapids, Mich. 



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Owing to the departure from the state of Mr. 

 Hankinson, who has filled the office of Editor-in- 

 Chief so capably, the Bulletin witli this number 

 again passes into new hands. The board of editors, 

 taken as a wliole, however, is very little changed, 

 leaving those with experience still iu charge. It 

 will be the endeavor of the editors to maintain that 

 standard of excellence which has already been set; 

 no attempt will be made at present to enlarge, but 

 all effort will be directed toward perfecting the 

 quality of the'BuLLETiN and insuring its regular 

 appearance. If we shall in so doing provide a means 

 for the exchange of thought and notes between our 

 iiiembers; make permanent and accessible many im- 

 portant records which would otherwise be lost, and 

 help in the diffusion of a broader knowledge and 

 love for birds among those of our readers who are 

 not ornithologists, in this way aiding in the cause of 

 their protection, — we shall feel well repaid for the 

 time and labor expended in the work. 



sired number of Bulletins, but the threbled subscrip- 

 tion list, enlarged membership, and greater activity 

 among the ornithologists of the Great Lake Region 

 are some of the good results of the year. With the 

 new volume we have determined to publish in four 

 issues, and to insure the appearance of these on time 

 a guarantee was provided for at the annual meeting, 

 which, although not yet complete, has progressed 

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The MacMillan Company announces the publica- 

 tion in February, 1899, of the first number of a 

 bi-monthly magazine entitled Bird-Lore. Mr. Frank 

 M. Chapman is to be Editor, while articles are an- 

 nounced iu the first volume from the pens of such 

 well known writers on birds as John Burroughs, 

 Olive Thorne Miller, J. A. Allen, and others. It 

 will be the official organ of the Audubon Societies, 

 which will have a special department under the 

 charge of Mrs. Mable Osgood Wright. 



With this issue we present, we trust, the last 



double number of our Bulletin, The past year in 



some respects has been a successful one; viewed from 



another point, not so successful as it might have 

 been. We have, it is true, failed to get out the de- 



In the April Bulletin, I called attention to the 

 "League of American Sportsmen" and the stand it 

 takes for the protection of our native birds. I hope 

 some of our members may see their way to join this 

 organization, or some other, which pledges itself to 

 assist the executive of the game laws. Hereabouts, 

 unfortunately, the law is practically a dead letter. 

 We have game wardens for the districts and that is 

 all we know about it. What we do know is that 

 the law is broken all the time. The robbing of 

 nests and egg continues unabated and I have yet to 

 hear of a conviction or even a reprimand. The Ruf- 

 fed Grouse are shot all along and a few days back 

 ten Wood Ducks were shot on a water hole two miles 

 north of this city, while on the Bay they are being 

 shot at at all times. Our State Game Warden can- 

 not do much unless he can have the assistance of the 

 local wardens and if they won't do their duty let 

 the members of the L. A. S. organize so that they 

 can give the necessary information which may lead 

 to the punishment of the lawbreakers. But it is 

 difficult for one to do what a few could manage with 

 ease. I am afraid Greenville does not stand alone 

 but it is very certain that things relating to game 

 protection here are very bad indeed. 



