The order of Patrons is pledged also to develop the social life of the institution, 

 and to present its claims before the distinguished visitors who throng our gates. This 

 is, naturally, a matter of chiefly local moment, but it may give assurance to our distant 

 friends as well, that the light of the M. C. O. is not to be hidden under a bushel. 



Members. 



Three orders, all recently established, give promise of great usefulness, as they 

 mark the serious assumption of the teaching functions promised by the institution. 



Members pay dues of five dollars a year, and receive, besides all the publications 

 of the institution, special instruction afield and the privilege of monthly study meetings 

 at the museum. The fee covers also an annual subscription to "The Condor", the 

 official organ of the Cooper Ornithological Club, because we feel that it is desirable 

 to associate ourselves in effect with this earnest body of workers. Members may 

 nominate one representative annually for the Board of Trustees, and in general they 

 are understood to be an anxiliary body, devoted in every way to the furtherance of 

 the aims of the institution. Membership is naturally, but not necessarily, limited to 

 the residents of Santa Barbara and Montecito, and admission is by request and recom- 

 mendation. 



Double Members pay an annual fee of ten dollars, and are entitled to bring a 

 friend, usually an out-of-town guest, to share all the privileges enjoyed by Members. 



Sustaining Members comprise business and professional men and women who wish 

 to support the institution in a still more responsible fashion. Each Sustaining Mem- 

 ber pays twenty-five dollars a year and is entitled to six membership privileges, en bloc, 

 for his family or designated friends. 



Turning now to the larger scientific and contributing clientele, we have, again, a 

 minute gradation of orders. Leading this list are the 



Patron Collectors. 



This group comprises such active and qualified oological collectors as are willing 

 to donate all, or not less than one-half of their annual take to the M. C. O. Members 

 of this body are approved by the Director, and are entitled to all the privileges ac- 

 corded to Patrons and Visitors. A great many collectors are coming to realize the 

 futility of private hoarding. Lack of time and lack of cabinet space restrain many 

 whose interests, nevertheless, lie strongly afield. Most of all, lack of interest or sym- 

 pathy on the part of immediate friends discourages many who would be glad to collect 

 if they felt that their work would be appreciated, — if it could be turned to human 

 account. We welcome such to our ranks, because we are in a position to supply just 

 what they lack, laboratory facilities, cabinet space, appreciation, and human use. The 

 number, therefore, who are collecting, chiefly or exclusively, for us, is steadily increas- 

 ing. This is practical cooperation, a pooling of interests; and it will surely result in a 

 collection which will be a credit and a satisfaction to all who participate in its forma- 

 tion. Our Patron Collectors are an honored body, and the institution belongs in a 

 very real sense to them. 



Field Members. 



This class comprises all those who make regular annual contributions of material 

 of value to the Museum. We are glad to have collectors associate themselves with us 

 in any degree, for we find that their interest, and "returns of satisfaction" increase in 

 proportion as they make common cause with us. 



Exchange Collectors. 



Such active field collectors of approved qualifications as are willing to establish 

 preferential exchange relations with the Museum of Comparative Oology are desig- 

 nated Exchange Collectors. Many collectors insist upon maintaining their private 

 cabinets, and they devote the duplicate material secured by field work to the upbuild- 

 ing of their collections through exchange. We are glad to help all serious and respon- 

 sible collectors in this fashion. A wealth of duplicate material at command enables 



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