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The American Ornithologists' Uni 071. 
As already stated, the matter of publications was placed in the 
hands of the Council, by which body the subject was duly 
weighed after the adjournment of the Union. Naturally the 
question of an organ, in the form of a serial publication, was the 
first to present itself, and the impression was general that such a 
publication must prove indispensable to the work of the Union. 
It was accordingly voted to establish such a journal, its publica- 
tion to begin January, 1884. Mr. Allen was chosen editor, to 
be assisted by a staff of associate-editors, likewise selected by 
the Council, who are collectively to decide the character of 
the periodical, and to whom will be intrusted its management. 
It may be further announced in the present connection that 
upon this action being known, it became a question with the 
members of the Nuttall Ornithological Club whether the Nuttall 
Club should continue to publish an organ, which, under the new 
conditions, could only be a rival of that of the Union. The two 
organizations being virtually one in interest and purpose, — the 
later being to some extent an outgrowth of the earlier, — and 
necessarily identical in membership in so far as can be the case 
where a greater includes a lesser, the Nuttall Club, at a meeting 
held October 1, voted to discontinue its Bulletin with the close 
of the present volume, and to offer to the American Ornithol- 
ogists’ Union its good will and subscription list, — to place the 
Bulletin in the hands of the Council of the Union with its tra- 
ditions and prestige, with the tacit understanding that the new 
serial of the Union shall be ostensibly a second series of the 
Nuttall Bulletin. It is therefore to be hoped and expected 
that the many friends of the Bulletin who have hitherto given 
it such hearty support will extend their allegiance to the new 
publication of the Union, freely contribute their observations 
to its pages, and use their influence to extend its usefulness. 
