14 NEBRASKA ORNITHOLOGISTS' UNION 



The dues of the club are $1.50 per year. 



The publications of the club are of two series: The Condor, its offi- 

 cial organ, a 24-page bi-monthly magazine (the initial number of 

 ^Yhich was published in January, 1899), and the Pacific Coast Arifaiina, 

 which will consist of a series of special paisers embracing- articles of 

 excejitional merit and too great length to appear in the Condor. The 

 first number of the latter series is now published. Before the iiublica- 

 tion of the Condor extracts from the records and papers were published 

 in the Nidologist and the Osprey. 



The present officers of the Cooper Ornithological Club are: Of the 

 Northern Division and the Club-at-Large — W. Otto Emerson, Pres.; 

 Theodore J. Hoover, Vice-Pres.; Chester Barlow, Sec; Donald A. 

 Cohen, Treas. Of the Southern Division — A. I. McCormick, Pres.; Frank 

 S. Daggett, Vice-Pres.; Howard Kobertson, Sec; and H. S. Swarth, 

 Treas. 



It has no members outside of California. Enrolling nearly, if not all, 

 of those interested in ornithology within the state, it has the hearty 

 support of the entire membership, and numbers among its members 

 some of the leading scientists of the coimtry. It is the largest and oldest 

 society of its kind in this country and bids fair to continue its good 

 work. 



THE MAINE ORNITHOLOGICAL SOCIETY 



The Maine Ornithological Society was organized in 1893 as a corre- 

 sponding society. The founders were Prof. Wm. L. Powers, of Gardiner, 

 J. C. Mead, of North Bridgeton, and Stephen J. Adams, of Cornish. This 

 organization was first called the United Ornithologists of Maine, the 

 name being changed to the present one in 1899. From the beginning 

 the membership increased steadily, and in 1895 its roll showed 31 mem- 

 bers. 



In the latter part of 1896 the society commenced its first active work 

 and secured space for the publication of its proceedings in the Maine 

 Sportsman. The membership in January, 1897, was about 50, consisting 

 of active, honorary, corresponding- and associate members. In Decem- 

 ber, 1896, the first meeting of the society was held at Gardiner, and 

 since that time annual meetings have been held each year, — in January, 

 1898, at Portland; in December, 1898, at Waterville; in December, 1899, 

 at Brunswick, and in December, 1900, at Lewiston. 



In 1897 a List of the Birds of Maine was published under the auspices 

 of this society by the Maine State College. In January, 1899, the societj'^ 

 began the publication of the Journal of the Maine Ornithological Societij, 

 a 12-page quarterly, in which were published the proceedings and papers 

 presented at their meetings. 



The first officers of the Maine Ornithological Society or, as it was then 

 called, the United Ornithologists of Maine, were: Stephen J. Adams, 

 Pres.; Prof. Chas. B. Wilson, Vice-Pres.; Ralph Rockwood, Treas., and 

 Prof. W. L. Powers, Sec. The officers for 1900 were Prof. W. L. Powers, 



