EDITORIAL WORK. 



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IX. EDITORIAL WORK. 



1874-1875. 



The Proceedings of the Boston Society of Natural History, Vol. XVIII, for 1874-1875, 

 and part of Vol. IX of the American Naturalist, in the temporary absence 

 of their respective editors. 



1876-1883. 



-Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club, Vols. I-VIII, Cambridge, Mass. Pub- 

 lished by the Club, 8vo, 1876-1883. 



The first number of this publication was issued in April, 1876, under the editorship of 

 Mr. Charles J. Maynard, and under the title Quarterly Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological 

 •Club, Cambridge, Mass. With the second number (July, 1876) the title was changed to 

 Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, with, on the 

 fourth page of the cover, a 'Prospectus,' which states: "The need in this country of a peri- 

 odical exclusively devoted to Ornithology has been long apparent .... Each number will 

 consist of not less than twenty-four pages, to be increased as soon as the receipts from sub- 

 scriptions shall warrant the additional expense. Two more numbers will be issued during 

 the present year, in order that the second volume may begin with January, 1877. . . .Pro- 

 fessor Baird and Dr. Coues have kindly consented to act as Associate Editors. Its chief 

 editorial management will be under the direction of Mr- J- A. Allen of the Museum of Com- 

 parative Zoology, Cambridge, Mass. ..." No. 4 was issued November, 1876. Volume I 

 consists of pp. i-iv, 1-100, with a colored plate, engraved on steel. 



The volumes, under the same editorial staff, steadily increased in size to Vol. VII, 1882 

 (pp. i-vi, 1-275). Number 4 of Volume VIII (October, 1883) contained this "Important 

 Notice: The First Series of the Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club closes with the 

 present volume. A Second Series, with change of name, will begin with January, 1884, 

 under the auspices of the American Ornithologists' Union, and under the Editorial Manage- 

 ment of Mr. J. A. Allen, assisted by a Staff of Associate Editors. ..." 



The Associate Editors of the eight volumes of the Bulletin were Spencer F. Baird and 

 Elliott Coues. 



1884-1911. 



The Auk: A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology, Vols. I-XXVIII, 1884-1911, and No. 

 1 of Vol. XXIX (Jan, 1912). 



Title-page of Vol. I: 



Old Series, I Continuation of the j New Series, 



Vol. IX ( Bulletin of the Nuttall Ornithological Club ( Vol. I 



I — I 



The Auk | A Quarterly Journal of Ornithology | - | Editor, | J. A. Allen | Associate Editors, | 

 Elliott Coues, Robert Ridgway, William Brewster, | and Montague Chamberlain. [Cut 

 of Great Auk, 4| X 5 in. | Volume I | Published for the American Ornithologists' Union | 

 Boston, Mass. j Estes and Lauriat | 1884. 



The second page of the cover of the first number carries the following: "'The Auk,' 

 published as the Organ of the American Ornithologists' Union, will be conducted as a Maga- 

 zine of General Ornithology. In general character it will differ little from the late 'Bulletin 

 of the Nuttall Ornithological Club,' of which it forms virtually a Second Series. Each num- 

 ber will contain about one hundred pages, and the illustrations will occasionally include colored 

 plates." 



The first volume of 'The Auk' consists of pp. i-vii, 1-419, and 1 colored plate. This is 

 about the average size for the first 19 volumes, the last 7 averaging 500 pages, in each case 



