Sept., 1908 



EDITORIAI. NOTES 



209 



THE CONDOR 



A.n Illvistrated Magazine 

 of "Western OrnitKology 



Published Bi-Nonthly by the Cooper Ornithologi- 

 cal Club of CaliforniaL 



JOSEPH GRINNELL. Editor. - Berkeley. Ca^l. 



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

 WILLIAM L. FINLEY 



ROBERT B. R^OCKWELL 



AssociaLte Editors 



Hollywood, California: Published Sept. 21, 1908 



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EDITORIAL NOTES 



We regret exceedingly that certain of the 

 photographic illustrations in this issue show 

 signs of retouching. This was done by the 

 engravers without otir knowledge, and if it 

 were not for unduly delaying the issue we 

 would have demanded a new set of half-tones. 

 The practice of retouching half-tones for scien- 

 tific ilhistrations is not commendable any more 

 than the perpetration of fake pictures. 



Mr. H. E. Wilder, of Riverside, is assisting 

 ^Ir. H. vS. Swarth in exploring the Trabuco 

 region of southern California, in the interests 

 of the University of California Museum. 



Messrs. Herman T. Bohlman and William T. 

 Finley who spent the summer in southeastern 

 < )regon report a very successful trip altho one 

 full of hardship. They made the trip south 

 from The Dalles in Mr. Bohlman 's White 

 Steamer, which had been rebuilt with a new 

 body so as to carry a complete camping and 

 photographic equipment. In all, they have 

 traveled over a thotisand miles, without acci- 

 dent or l)reakdown, which makes a very good 

 record for a summer's work in the field. 



Bohlman and Finley spent some time about 

 Alalheur Eake which they claim is the largest 

 and most important feeding and breeding 

 ground in the West for water fowl. The region 

 is so extensive it took considerable time to 

 locate the various colonies of l^reeding birds. 

 The last trip on the lake they were out for nine 

 days in a small boat exploring and photograph- 

 ing. They report a fine colony of White-faced 

 ( jlossy Iljis, but the colonies of Egrets that for- 

 merly lived on the lake have been totally an- 



nihilated by plume hunters. After a month's 

 search bv:t two of these birds were seen and no 

 nests could be found. 



;Mr. Finley writes: "We exposed over sixty 

 dozen plates during our trip and ought to have 

 something good." Readers of The Condor 

 know that when Finley and Bohlman go into 

 the field they generally get good restilts worth 

 striving for. Some of these will 1)e piiblished 

 in future issues of this magazine. 



Thru the efforts of Finley and Bohlman, 

 backed up by the National Association of Au- 

 dubon Societies, two more national bird pre- 

 serves have been set apart. These are the 

 largest and most important yet constittited, and 

 are to be known as the Klamath Lake Reserva- 

 tion and the Take Malheur Reservation. Both 

 are in southern Oregon, the former extending 

 over the boundery into northeastern Califor- 

 nia. They are the breeding grounds of Can- 

 ada Geese, many species of ducks, Ring-billed 

 and California Gulls, White Pelicans, Farallone 

 Cormorants, Caspian, Black and Forster Terns, 

 liared Grebe, White-faced Glossy Ibis, Great 

 Blvie and Black-crowned Night Herons, and 

 many of the smaller shore and marsh l)irds. 



Mr. Rockwell's plan for cooperative orni- 

 thology presented on the opposite page, is 

 well wortliy of serious consideration. The col- 

 timns of The Condor are open to all who are 

 interested in this stil)ject and we will welcome 

 suggestions and criticisms. 



Directory of Members of the Cooper 

 Ornithological Club 



Revised to August i, 1908 



( Residence in California unless otherwise stated. Year 

 following name signifies date of election.) 



HONORARY MEMBERS 



Belding, Lyman, Stockton. 1896. 

 Ridgway, Robert, 3413 13th St., N. E., Brook- 

 land, D. C. 1905. 



ACTIVE MEMBERS 



Adams, Ernest, Box 21, Clipper Gap, Placer 

 Co. 1896. 



Alexander, Annie M., 1006 16th St., Oakland. 

 1908. 



Anderson, Malcolm P., :\Ienlo Park. 1901. 



Applegarth, May vS., Hay wards. 1903. 



Appleton, J. S., Simi, Ventura Co. 1901. 



Arnold, Dr. Ralph, U. S. Geological Stirvej-, 

 Washington, D. C. 1893. 



Bade, Wm. Frederic, 2616 College Ave., Ber- 

 keley. 1903. 



Bailey, Henrj' F. , 94 Pacific Ave., vSanta Cruz. 

 1902. 



Bailey, H. II., 321 34th St., Newport News, Va. 

 1903. 



Bailey, Vernon, care of Department of Agri- 

 culture, Washington, D. C. 1904. 



Bales, Dr. B. R., 151 West Main, Circle ville, 

 Ohio. 1906. 



Barnes, R. Magoon, Lacon, 111. 1908. 



lUy, J. ClifT, Ingot, Shasta Co. 1903. 



Beal, Prof. F. U. L., Dept. Agriculture, Wash- 

 ington, D. C. 1904. 



