Jan., 1908 



Editorials 



51 



THE CONDOR 



An Illustrated Magazine 

 of "W^estern OrnitHology 



Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithologi- 

 cal Club of California. 



JOSEPH GRINNELL, Editor, - Pa^saLdena. 



J. EUGENE LAW. Business Manager. Hollywood. C&l. 

 WILLIAM L. FINLEY 



ROBERT B. ROCKWELL 



Associa.te Editors 



Pasadena, California: Pubiisiied Feb. 1, 1908 



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EDITORIALS 



The editorial staff of The Condor has been 

 strengthened by the addition of Mr. Robert B. 

 Rockwell, of Denver, who becomes Associate 

 Editor. This is fortunate, because the geogra- 

 phic range of our magazine includes a very large 

 region (west of the Mississippi), and it is pro- 

 pitious that the work be represented at several 

 separate points in our field. Mr. Finley repre- 

 sents us in Oregon and Washington, and now 

 we have Mr. Rockwell pledged to advance our 

 magazine's interests in the Rocky Mountain 

 region. 



We wish it understood by our contributors 

 that there is no intended significance in the ar- 

 rangement of articles in any issue, beyond the 

 selection of what we consider the most suitable 

 photograph for the frontispiece. Sometimes 

 we try to have illustrated and unillustrated arti- 

 cles alternate with one another, but sequence 

 in no wise indicates order of merit. 



We learn that Mr. Robert Ridgway expects 

 to leave about March first for a six months' 

 visit in Costa Rica. Upon his return he will re- 

 sume work on Part V of his ' 'Birds of North and 

 Middle America." 



The first National bird reservation to be es- 

 tablished on the Pa -ific Coast was formally 

 ordered by President Roosevelt on October 14, 

 last. The area set aside is Three Arch Rocks, 

 a group of islets on the coast of Oregon. The 

 bird-life of these rocks was studied by Finley 



and Bohlman (see Condor Vol. VII, pp. 119- 

 161) and its protection has resulted chiefly from 

 the endeavors of these energetic members of 

 the Oregon Audubon Society. 



We are further informed that thru the ef- 

 forts of Mr. Dawson, whose article on the sub- 

 ject appears on another page of our present 

 issue, three more breeding places of sea birds, 

 on the Washington coast, have been officially 

 reserved. The-e three reservations extend 

 from Copalis Rock to Cape Flattery inclusive, 

 a distance of nearly one hundred miles. Pro- 

 ceeding from south to north they are named: 



Copalis Rock Reservation, including "all 

 small, unsurveyed and unrest rved islands lying 

 off the coast of the State of Washington in the 

 Pacific Ocean between latitude 47 degrees 20 

 minutes north, and 47 degrees 29 minutes 

 north" * * * "reserved and set aside for 

 the use of the Department of Agriculture as a 

 preserve and breeding ground for native birds 

 and animals." 



■ Quillavute Needles Reservation, extend ng 

 from 47 degrees 38 minutes to 48 degrees 2 min- 

 utes north. 



Flattery Rocks Reservation, extending from 

 latitude 48 degrees 2 minutes to 48 degrees 23 

 minutes north. (The gap between the first and 

 second reservations contains no islands.) 



One of the most important factors in bird 

 protection in Colorado is the State Bureau of 

 Child and Animal Protection. This is a state 

 organization with offices in the State Capitol 

 Building which, under the efficient manage- 

 ment of Secretary E- K. Whitehead, has ac- 

 complished more along this line than any other 

 Humane Society in the United States. 



A circular, size ii inches by 14 inches, 

 has been printed on very heavy durable paper, 

 1000 of which have recently been posted in 

 conspicuous places all over the state, by this 

 organization. The publicity thus given to the 

 law protecting birds and their nests and eggs 

 cannot fail to have a far-reaching effect thruout 

 the wilder mountainous sections of the state, 

 where the game laws are little known and 

 where officers of the law are necessarily few 

 and far between. 



Doubly efficient will this warning be on ac- 

 count of the fact that there are representatives 

 of the State Bureau at nearly 300 points in the 

 state, persons who are serving without com- 

 pensation, and simply on account of their in- 

 tense interest in this line of work. These peo- 

 ple may be depended upon to see that these 

 laws are enforced when they have the assur- 

 ance that an active and aggressive organization 

 is back of them. 



Mr. Whitehead has gone on record as giving 

 assurance to all interested parties that he will 

 rigorously prosecute all violators of the bird 

 law if suflPicient evidence is furnished him. 

 Consequently it is up to the bird students of 

 Colorado to see that evidence of all violations 

 of the bird laws is put in the hands of the 

 State Bureau of Child and Animal Protection. 

 — R. B. R. 



