THE WILSON BULLETIN 
Published at Oberlin, Ohio, by the Wilson Ornithological Club. 
Official Organ of the Wilson Ornithological Club and the Nebraska Ornithological Union (jn 
affiliation). 
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EDITORIAL 
We earnestly hope that the call of the Secretary to the Annual Meet- 
ing will meet with a hearty response from every quarter. To many of 
our members this will afford the first opportunity to meet and become 
acquainted with men of national reputation whom you have known only 
by name hitherto. It is a good thing for all of us to have this personal 
touch with workers in the same field. There is a certain stimulus in 
just meeting and speaking with those whose interests are similar to 
yours. And as hosts to the American Ornithologists’ Union we owe it 
to them and to ourselves to be present and to participate in the program 
as we are able. And we owe ourselves a short vacation. This is the 
time to “ liquidate.” 
The Bird Banders have evidently put in good time and effort this 
summer. We are more than pleased that so many have gone into this 
phase of the work. The results of the work will increase in value in a 
geometrical ratio to the numbers of workers, where stations are so placed 
that they are in the line of usual movement. Something of the smaller 
and more local movements will be learned as the work progresses. Mr. 
Baldwin’s contribution to the domestic life of the house wren is a nota- 
ble example of what may be expected in that phase of banding operations 
alone. Not the least value of such results is that they are accurate, not 
assumption. Let the good work go on and the ranks increase. 
The editor completed his fourth excursion from Oberlin to the Pa- 
cific Ocean with a class of students, using Ford cars as conveyances, last 
summer. We did not get the Arctic-Alpine nor the Tropical birds on 
this trip, but we were in all of the other zones, as well as in all of the 
other ecological formations. The trip took us through Ohio, Indiana, 
Illinois, Wisconsin, Iowa, South Dakota, Wyoming, Montana, Idaho, Utah, 
Nevada and California, including a visit to the Black Hills, Yellowstone 
Park, Bryce’s and Little Zion Canyons and Cedar Breaks in Utah, and 
ten days on the ocean beach near Los Angeles. It was the most successful 
trip thus far in some ways. There was almost no car trouble, and very 
fev/ punctures even, and no even near-accidents — that we were aware of. 
Either the Fords are getting better all the time or else we are learning 
better how to handle them; perhaps both. At any rate, 200 miles in a 
full day’s drive was easy to cover, and twice over 300 miles was the 
day’s run. We did not drive long hours, but merely kept going at a good 
pace. As an outing, a trip of this sort, with congenial people, can hardly 
be beaten. 
