Wilson Phalarope {Steganopus tricolor) ; Calliope Hummer {Stellula calliope) ; 

 Green-tailed Towhee {Oreospiza chlorura); Audubon Warbler (Dendroica audu- 

 boni); Mono Fox Sparrow {Passerella iliaca monoensis); White-crowned Sparrow 

 (Zonolrichia leucophrys); Western Ruby-crowned Kinglet {Keg alas calendula 

 cineraceus) ; Cassin Purple Finch {Carpodacus cassini); and Sierra Hermit Thrush 

 (Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis). Three sets taken of eggs of the Olive-backed 

 Thrush {Hylocichla ustulata swainsoni) appear to establish the southernmost 

 known breeding record of this subspecies; while a set of Western Evening Gros- 

 beak, n/4, fresh, found by Robert Canterbury, provided a unique thrill for all 

 the members of the expedition. 



Gift oj theBowdilch Memorial Collection. — Upon the death of Miss Charlotte 

 Bowditch several years ago, a collection of skins of Santa Barbara birds, which 

 she had been forming, devolved upon her heirs, the Misses Sophie and Margaret 

 Baylor; and these ladies have very generously presented the collection to the 

 Museum of Comparative Oology. The lot comprises some two hundred skins 

 of local birds and a few sets of birds' eggs, all representing the craftsmanship of 

 Mr. John Hooper Bowles, who was for some years resident in Santa Barbara, 

 and who joins in the bestowal of the gift. This collection of bird skins will im- 

 mediately be made available for public use, under judicious restrictions, and will 

 form the nucleus of a local study series, intended to be thoroughly representative. 

 Completion oj the Belcher Purchase. — Payment for the extensive Belcher 

 collection of birds' eggs from Central and South Africa was completed this sum- 

 mer; and this handsome series becomes available for distribution under its re- 

 spective group heads. Nothing finer has come to our cabinets than the marvel- 

 lously varied assortment of Weaver-birds' eggs, Ploceidae, which this collection 

 contains, although the series of Sunbirds' ( Nectariniidae) is a close second. The 

 M. C. 0. now has representative material from each of the six continents, and 

 the collections are beginning to take on a really cosmopolitan appearance. 



WE ARE READY 



The Director of The M. C. 0. 



With the completion of the Hazard Memorial Building the Museum of 

 Comparative Oology enters upon the second stage of its corporate life. The 

 promises made to the scientific world seven years ago, in the name of Santa 

 Barbara, have been measurably redeemed. We have done our part — so mani- 

 festly, that we trust we may be pardoned for reminding the oological fraternity, 

 and especially the Members of the M. C. O., of the tacit agreement under which 

 we undertook the upbuilding of a cooperative institution devoted to birds' eggs. 

 The Trustees of the M. C. 0., backed by the community of Santa Barbara, 

 agreed, in effect, that we would establish and maintain in perpetuity, under the 

 most favorable conditions known to museum practice, a world repository of 

 birds' eggs, available alike for inspection by the humblest student and for re- 

 search, provided the oological scientists and collectors of the world would supply 

 us with the material. We proposed, in fine, a reciprocal arrangement, a plan of 

 cooperation by which the interests of Science and of this community would alike 

 be served. 



We acknowledge with appreciation and gratitude that many of the best 

 collectors in the world have taken us at our word. You have endowed us richly 

 with your oological substance; you have shared with us, most generously, the 

 fresh fortunes of your field experience; and you have built your names, most 

 enduringly, into the structure of our teeming cabinets. I think I may say, with- 

 out fear of contradiction, that it was in view of this generous and spirited response 

 from the four quarters of the globe that Mrs. Hazard felt justified in selecting 

 this particular and fitting form for the memorialization of her husband's con- 

 nection with Santa Barbara and of his interest in science. 



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