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In the afternoon following adjournment a trip was madd to the 

 Leland Stanford University at Palo Alto, in response to an invita- 

 tion from its President, Dr. Jordan. The following day Mount 

 Tamalpais was ascended by rail, the descent being made by the 

 Ross Caiion trail, for the purpose of seeing its fine redwoods, and 

 getting into close touch with some of the forms of vegetation and 

 bird life characteristic of this portion of California. 



On arrival in San Francisco the A. O. U. party practically dis- 

 banded, as it was planned to do from the first, the various mem- 

 bers independently making their plans for the return journey and 

 for such side trips as their several interests dictated. The 

 Yosemite Valley and Monterey were points subsequently visited by 

 many of the members, while the Farallons, and various points on 

 the coast, in the San Joaquin and Sacramento valleys, and in the 

 high Sierras attracted others, some six weeks or more being avail- 

 able for field work or sightseeing before the expiration of the time 

 allotted for the trip. Messrs. Chapman, Dwight, Bishop, and 

 Fuertes planned somewhat extended collecting trips, and were 

 greatly aided in their plans for work by the kindness of various 

 numbers of the Cooper Club. 



The trip is one to be long remembered by those wlio were so 

 fortunate as to be numbered among the congenial party of forty- 

 four persons who left Chicago on the evening of May 3, on the 

 A. O. U. excursion to California. The lay members, so to 

 speak, will return with greatly enlarged views of the country and 

 its resources and scenic wonders; the strictly ornithological con- 

 tingent will have acquired a clearer conception of the varied 

 physical conditions of the vast region between the Mississippi 

 River and the Pacific coast, and of its diversified faunal and floral 

 areas, and the wonderfully varied climatic conditions included 

 within the boundaries of the State of California ; and last but let 

 us hope not least in value are the acquaintances the eastern mem- 

 bers were enabled to form with the leading workers in Pacific 

 coast ornithology, whom for the most part they had previously 

 known only through correspondence or their published writings. 

 The Cooper Club has most thoroughly redeemed its promise (see 

 editorial in 'The Condor' for July, 1902) to give "a cordial 

 welcome and a generous reception " to the A. O. U. in the event 

 of its being able to arrange a meeting in California. 



