. Bird lore . y themselves with them. Dr. J. A. Allen, who was at that timein charge of the birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, atCambridge, became a resident member in April, 1876, and soon afterthe issue of the first number of the Bulletin was made its editor-in-chief. The success of the Nuttall Club as a scientific body now seemedassured, and, though it has been less prominently before the ornithologicalworld since the A. O. U. took the Bulletin off its hands, it stillpublishes, in its occasional Memoirs, papers of importance which aretoo long for the pages of The Auk. Of late years
. Bird lore . y themselves with them. Dr. J. A. Allen, who was at that timein charge of the birds at the Museum of Comparative Zoology, atCambridge, became a resident member in April, 1876, and soon afterthe issue of the first number of the Bulletin was made its editor-in-chief. The success of the Nuttall Club as a scientific body now seemedassured, and, though it has been less prominently before the ornithologicalworld since the A. O. U. took the Bulletin off its hands, it stillpublishes, in its occasional Memoirs, papers of importance which aretoo long for the pages of The Auk. Of late years, however—and perhaps at all times—the chief usefulnessof the Club has been for its members. Its meetings—at first held weekly,now coming semi-monthly—have always had a delightfully informal char-acter, and sociability and good fellowship have helped along the interchangeof ornithological news and ideas. The early meetings were occupiedlargely with the reading of published papers, and for some time the. Bird Clubs in America 15 president gave out at each meeting a particular species to form a subjectof discussion at the next. Special work of one kind or another has fromtime to time been undertaken by the Club. About the last of 1887, forinstance, a continuous discussion began of the distribution of birds ineastern Massachusetts, groups of species being taken up at each meetingin systematic order. Some years later the desiderata in our knowledge ofthe life histories of New England birds were discussed systematically in along series of meetings. These plans for regular work have served goodpurposes in their day, but the genius of the Club seems to demand as arule a less formal method of expression, and at most of the meetings theprogramme consists of a paper or talk by one of the members on somesubject that has occupied his attention, followed by a general discussion ofthe subject, the evening ending with miscellaneous notes from the recentobservations of the various memb
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