iecieters es Ue ele BeOuN= shee le le eatin 4) 
From the Editor's Desk 
By Paul H. Lobtk 
New Editors Appointed — Christmas Census Compilers, take note! We have 
now found two editors who have undertaken the task of preparing the 
Christmas Census Reports for publication in the March 1964 AUDUBON 
BULLETIN. Please send your counts directly to Mrs. Harry Spitzer, 1776 
Roger Avenue, Glenview, Illinois. She will be assisted by Mrs. Ross Norton 
of Glenview. Elsewhere in this issue is an article by Miss Margaret Leh- 
mann describing how Christmas Counts are to be made and reported. We 
must emphasize that a copy of your report must go to Mrs. Spitzer if it 
is to be published in the BULLETIN. The form of the report is not too 
important — it can be in narrative form, in a table, or a carbon of the 
report for the National Audubon Society. But your counts should fulfill 
the rules outlined by Miss Lehmann. Good birding to all of you! 
ft fl teal fi 
New I1.A.S. NEWSLETTER Editor — We are pleased to report the appoint- 
ment of Mr. Charles Lappen. 424 Green Bay Road, Highland Park, as 
NEWSLETTER editor. He is well qualified for the task, since he has 
worked as a public relations and advertising copywriter for many years and 
is an able journalist. Affiliated Clubs and members who have news items 
for publication in the February NEWSLETTER, please take note and 
address your messages accordingly. 
i! tal fl ff 
Our deepest thanks go to Mrs, M. G. (Dorothy) Ericson, who has edited 
the first nine issues of the I.A.S. NEWSLETTER. Hers was a difficult task, 
as she had to establish the style for our new publication. Dorothy is taking 
“sabbatical leave” as of the first of the year, but she will continue to serve 
as a Director. 
fi fi feat A 
Field Notes Wanted! — We have been mystified by the fact that, almost 
from the time Richard Hoger was appointed Editor of Field Notes, the 
reports of unusual birds have virtually ceased. The brief ‘Field Notes” 
in the September AUDUBON BULLETIN was, in fact, part of the remarks 
“From the Editor’s Desk,” and not a contribution from Mr. Hoger. You 
may have noticed on page 10 of the last issue that we asked for people 
to send us corroborating records. 
From the few comments that we received, two conclusions can be 
reached: (1) The “Pileolated” Warbler reported by Mrs. Newdold was not 
this species at all, but rather the type species, or Wilson’s Warbler, which 
is a relatively common migrant in Illinois. As listed in the A.O.U. Check- 
list of North American Birds, the Pileolated is a western subspecies which 
has never been collected farther east than Minnesota or Missouri. The 
two cannot be told apart in the field. (2) The “Rufous” Hummingbird 
could only have been an immature or female Ruby-throat. The western 
Rufous species, in this area, has never been found farther east than Ne- 
braska. We thank those who gave us their opinions. Jeffrey Sanders of the 
Evanston Bird Club, in submitting his comments, reported some unusually 
late dates for Chimney Swifts in the Chicago area: September 26 through 
30 and October 1, 2, and 5, 1963. 
