THE WILSON JOURNAL OF ORNITHOLOGY 
Editor CL A IT E. BRAUN 
5572 North Ventana Vista Road 
Tucson. AZ 85750-7204 
E-mail: TWILSONJO@comcast.net 
Editorial Hoard RICHARD C. BANKS 
JACK CLINTON EITNIEAR 
SARA J. OYLER-McCANCE 
LESLIE A. ROBB 
Editorial NANCY J. K. BRAUN 
Assistant 
Review Editor MARGARET A. VOSS 
Penn State Erie 
The Behrend College 
4205 College Drive 
Erie. PA 16563, USA 
E-mail: mavl l@psu.edu 
GUIDELINES FOR AUTHORS 
Please consult the detailed “Guidelines for Authors" found on the Wilson Ornithological Society web site 
(http://www.wilsonsociety.org). As ol 1 July 2012, all manuscript submissions should be sent to Mary Boinberger 
Brown, Editor, The Wilson Journal of Ornithology , 3310 Holdrege Street. School of Natural Resources. University 
of Nebraska. Lincoln, NE 68583, USA. The office number for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology is (402) 472-8878. 
The e-mail address is mbrown9@unlnotes.itnl.edu 
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Notify the Society immediately il your address changes. Send your complete new address to Ornithological 
Societies of North America, 5400 Bosque Boulevard, Suite 680, Waco, TX 76710. 
The permanent mailing address of the Wilson Ornithological Society is: %The Museum of Zoology, The 
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA. Persons having business with any of the officers may 
address them at their various addresses given on the inside of the front cover, and all matters pertaining to the journal 
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MEMBERSHIP INQUIRIES 
Membership inquiries should be sent to Mark E. Deutschlander, Department of Biology, Hobart and William 
Smith Colleges. Geneva, NY 14456; e-mail: deutschiande@hws.edu 
™E JOSSELYN VAN TYNE MEMORIAL LIBRARY 
The Josselyn Van Tyne Memorial Library of the Wilson Ornithological Society, housed in the University of 
ic tgan Museum ol Zoology, was established in concurrence with the University of Michigan in 1930. Until 
947 the Library was maintained entirely by gifts and bequests of books, reprints, and ornithological magazines 
rom members and friends ot the Society. Two members have generously established a fund for the purchase 
ot new books: members and friends arc invited to maintain the fund by regular contribution. The fund is administered 
by the Library Committee. Jerome A. Jackson, Florida Gulf Coast Univeristy, is Chairman of the Committee. The 
Library currently receives over 200 periodicals as gifts and in exchange for The Wilson Journal of Ornithology. For 
'"formation on the Library and our holdings, see the Society’s web page at http://www.wilsonsocietv.ont. With the 
usual exception of rare books, any item in the Library may be borrowed by members of the Society and will be sent 
prepaid (by the University of Michigan) to any address in the United States, its possessions, or Canada Return 
and nv! !' S Pi ". ? ' C borrovver - Inquiries and requests by borrowers, as well as gifts of books, pamphlets, mpnnts. 
of MicldotTnoo r d , l | ,C a ^ dreSScd to: Jl,ssc| yn Van Tyne Memorial Library, Museum of Zoology. The University 
be sent to the Treasurer ^ Arb ° r ' M ‘ 48l09107 ^ USA. Contributions to the New Book Fund should 
issue ol The Wilson Journal of Ornithology was published on I June 2012. 
