THE WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 
Editor CLAIT E. BRAUN 
5572 North Ventana Vista Road 
Tucson, AZ 85750-7204 
E-mail: TWILSONJO@comcast.net 
Editorial NANCY J. K. BRAUN 
Assistant 
Editorial Board RICHARD C. BANKS 
JACK CLINTON EITNIEAR 
SARA J. OYLER-McCANCE 
LESLIE A. ROBB 
Review Editor ROBERT B. PAYNE 
1306 Granger Avenue 
Ann Arbor. MI 48104, USA 
E-mail: rbpayne@umich.edu 
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS 
Please consult the detailed “Guidelines for Authors" found on the Wilson Ornithological Society web site 
(http://www.wilsonsociety.org). All manuscript submissions and revisions should be sent to Clait E. Braun. 
tint. The Wdson Journal of Ornithology, 5572 North Ventana Vista Road, Tucson, AZ 85750-7204, USA 
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology office and fax telephone number is (520) 529-0365. The e-mail address is 
TWilsonJO@comcast.net 
NOTICE OF CHANGE OF ADDRESS 
Notify the Society immediately if your address changes. Send your complete new address to Ornithological 
Societies of North America, 5400 Bosque Boulevard, Suite 680. Waco, TX 76710. 
The permanent ma,ling address of the Wilson Ornithological Society is: "/.The Museum of Zoology. The 
University of Michigan. Ann Arbor. Ml 48109. USA. Peraons having business with any of the officers may 
M “'a i™™ 118 addrcsses sivcn on the inside of the front cover, and all martens pertaining to the journal 
should be sent directly to the Editor. 
MEMBERSHIP INQUIRIES 
77 ** Sem '° Tim0thy J °' Con " el1 - Department of Natural Resources Ecology and 
Management. Oklahoma State University, 240 AG Hal,. Stillwater. OK 74078; e-mail; ocon„et@ okstate.edu 
THE JOSSELYN VAN TYNE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
MiAiai 0 M™,™ a, ’f T r, Men ’ 0nal Ubrar> ' “ f Wi ' ,0n ° ral,hol °S tad Society, housed in the University 4 
<* *-**>■ ™ » it* “nctnmce with the Univemity of Michigan in 1930. Unt, 
rom member? H ^ ^ ****« S ° r b °° ks . -Pnnts. and omithlgical magazine, 
Tnew Zk ? h l, ? ' OC,t,> ' TW ° menlb ^ *■" -™sly established a hind for the purchase 
Lfom ' r T* arC mV " maU " afn " ,e fund * re gular contribution. The fund is admin, stereo 
Lfol™,, Z A - JaCkS ° n - Fl ° nda Gu,f “vernty, « Chaimtan of the Committee. The 
“T ° Ve L f" “' S “ 6ifK “ nd for n* of Ornithology. fa, 
r L "T y t ° Ur ° Wm8S ’ *“ '" e S ° Cie,y ' S Web W » ht V ;/Avww.w, lsonsocietv.org. With the 
prenld riTth T ™ ' 7 of the Society and will be sen, 
Zife is I b T? ,ty em) ' 0 a, ’ y «* Unted States, its possessions, or Canada Re,urn 
and *7 7,777' q “ ir “ !S a " d mV * m by b0nOWers - 35 wdl « Site of books, pamphlets, reprints, 
of Michigan li»r J? ‘ lddressed ->«»elyn Van Tyne Memorial Library, Museum of Zoology. The University 
be Tenfrthe Zsurer “ ' ^ W 4S "’ 9 ' 1079 ' USA ^"tributions to the New Book Fund should 
This issue of The Wilson Journal of Ornithology was published on 1 September 2011. 
