THE WILSON ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 
FOUNDED 3 DECEMBER 1888 
Named after ALEXANDER WILSON, the first American ornithologist. 
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President— Robert C. Beason. P. O. Box 737. Sandusky, OH 44871. USA; e-mail: Robert.C.Beason® 
gmail.com 
First \ ice-President —Robert L. Curry. Department of Biology, Villanova University, 800 Lancaster 
Avenue, Villanova, PA 19085, USA; e-mail: robert.curry@villanova.edu 
Second \ ice-President —Sara R. Morris. Department of Biology, Canisius College, 2001 Main Street. 
Buffalo, NY 14208, USA, e-mail: morris@canisius.edu 
Editor —Clait E. Braun, 5572 North Ventana Vista Road, Tucson, AZ 85750. USA; e-mail: TWILSONJO@ 
comcast.net 
Secretary John A. Smallwood. Department of Biology and Molecular Biology. Montclair State University, 
Montclair, NJ 07043. USA: e-mail: smalIvvoodj@montclair.edu 
I rcasurer Melinda M. Clark, 52684 Highland Drive, South Bend, IN 46635, USA; e-mail:wosclark@gmail.com 
Elected Council Members —Mary Bomberger Brown, Mary C. Garvin, Timothy J. O'Connell, and Mark 
S. Woodrey (terms expire 2012); Mark E. Deutschlander and Rebecca J. Safran (terms expire 2013); 
William H. Barnard, Margret I. Hatch, and Mark E. Hauber (terms expire 2014). 
Living Past-Presidents Pershing B. Hofslund, Douglas A. James, Jerome A. Jackson, Clait E. Braun. 
Richard C. Banks, Richard N. Conner, Keith L. Bildstein. Edward II. Bunt Jr., John C. Kricher, William 
E. Davis Jr.. Charles R. Blem. Doris J. Watt, James D. Rising, and E. Dale Kennedy. 
Membership dues per calendar year are: Regular. $40.00: Student, $20,00; Family, $50.00; Sustaining, 
$100.00: Life memberships, SI,000.00 (payable in four installments). 
The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is sent to all members not in arrears for dues. 
THE WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 
(formerly The Wilson Bulletin) 
WI1 ; S ° N JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY (ISSN 1559-4491) is published quarterly in March. June, 
ptemoer, and December by the Wilson Ornithological Society, 810 East 10th Street, Lawrence. KS 66044-8897. The 
PTKTm acTcfc 1 ’ 0111 ' n the United Sfe,es and elsewhere, is S40.00 per year. Periodicals postage paid at Lawrence. KS. 
• R: Send ^dress changes to OSNA. 5400 Bosque Boulevard, Suite 680. Waco. TX 76710. 
to Th^ ’J ^'e'es and comimmieations for publication should be addressed to the Editor. Exchanges should be addressed 
he Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Library. Museum of Zoology. Ann Arbor. Ml 48109. USA. 
Bouleva^ W^Asn h u? gCS f£ address * * und claims lw undelivered copies should be sent to OSNA. 5400 Bosque 
single co^es are ™ pf “»ne: <254) 399-9636; e-mail: business,aosnabirds.org. Back issues or 
Special prices will 1 ^ ° °, r r *• 00 each Most back issues of the journal are available and may be ordered from OSNA. 
web site at the U 1 LiSc?*^‘d for quanuty orders All issues of the journal published before 2000 are accessible on a free 
reproductions of alMv ° C , V l,hrar - v L 'I 1 brary iinm.cdu/sora I The site is fully searchable, and full-text 
I apers (including illustrations) arc available as either PDF or DjVu files. 
© Copyright 2012 by the Wilson Ornithological Society 
Printed by Allen Press Inc., Lawrence. KS 66044, USA. 
R. Wilson s Storm Petrel (Oceanites Oceanians). Illustration by Don Radovich. 
Th ' S P ° PS ' mee,S ,he °< ANS l/N , SO Z39.48-1992 (Permanence of Roper). 
