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14. July 23, 1914. Nest 8 feet 

 above water on grapevine tangle, 3 

 fresh eggs (complete setting). 

 House Wren 



July 1, 1913, one heavily incubated 

 egg of wren in nest of English Spar- 

 row, which contained four English 

 Sparrows just incubated. Two feet 

 away under some beams, wren's nest 

 with four fresh eggs. 



Paul Harrington. 



Prof. D. B. Burrows of Lacon, 111., 

 left a few days since to take up his 

 year's school work in Texas. Though 

 little seen in print, the professor is 

 one of the best naturalists of our ac- 

 quaintance and has had far more ex- 

 perience with Texas birds than most 

 Texas ornithologists. He recently en- 

 riched our collection with a nest and 

 set of eggs of the rare Audubon's 

 Oriole, taken by himself. Thanks. 



Sign of the Times. 

 It is with pleasure that we look for- 

 ward to the arrival of THE OOLO- 

 GIST and the CONDOR; both of which 

 treat its readers and members with 

 equal rights to all! To any one read- 

 ing the first of the editorial notes of 

 the last Condor, page 242, it is more 

 than evident that Joseph Grinnell has 

 the welfare of the Cooper Club at 

 heart, and that he thinks too much of 

 the club as a whole, to see disruption 

 in the ranks of the members and sup- 

 porters, even though a majority voted, 

 "two to one in favor of expansion." 

 We also remember the democratic 

 way Joseph Grinnell saw vanish an- 

 other cherished wish of his in the 

 Condor, "simplified spelling" by put- 

 ting it up to the club supporters in 

 open vote, "special privilege to none." 

 No wonder the Club and the Condor 

 has forged thead, and the "Big Men" 

 who held back from joining a Club of 

 workers, have seen their folly and 



dropped into its membership list one 

 by one. We wish the men who control 

 the "Auk" and the A. O. U. destinies, 

 could follow the lead of Joseph Grin- 

 nell and the Condor, and think more 

 of the working men as a whole of to- 

 day, than their personal desires. We 

 are now looking forward to the Octo- 

 ber "Auk" in hopes to hear of the long 

 looked for changes in the A. O. U. by- 

 laws which we have heard whispered 

 around, were to take place. We have 

 however, seen no notice in any of the 

 late "Auks," asking the various classes 

 of members who give their financial 

 support to the A. O. U. to cast their 

 votes in the open, for the proposed 

 amendments, similar to the method 

 used by the Cooper Club. We are glad 

 to see the Wilson Club has taken this 

 same broad minded Grinnell into its 

 membership, he will be a useful man 

 to have on the Committee of Nomen- 

 clature when the time arrives for such 

 work. A study of the membership 

 list of that club will convince every 

 one, that its members can gather to- 

 gether sufficient material to pass upon 

 any and all proposed new sub-species 

 that its workers may bring forward in 

 • the future. We trust the Auk and 

 the A. O. U. officers may soon join the 

 democratic movement "special privi- 

 lege to none." 



H. H. Bailey. 

 Newport News, Va. 



Birds Seen On a Day's Tramp in Alle- 

 gheny Co., Pa., May 2, 1914. 



1. Morned Grebe, 4. 



2. Scaup Duck, 5. 



3. Solitary Sandpiper, 1. 



4. Spotted Sandpiper, 5. 



5. Killdeer, 2. 



6. Mourning Dove, 5. 



7. Screech Owl, 1. 



8. Belted Kingfisher, 5. 



9. Hairy Woodpecker, 1. 



10. Downy Woodpecker, 8. 



