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in securing but one new member or but one new subscriber, we 

 should become self-supporting at once. We can offer liberal 

 terms to any who are willing to canvas for new subscribers. 

 Write the editor for terms. 



We are in the midst of the winter season again, when there is 

 stagnation in bird study for the large majority of bird students. 

 This ought not so to be. While the winter tramps will not yield so 

 many species as at any other time of year, it will often result in 

 more novel experiences and in learning more useful things about 

 the birds than a whole summer's work will. Elsewhere in this 

 number you will find a call for New Year horizons. Will you not 

 consider this a personal matter and make sure of some outdoor 

 study of the birds about you on the first day of the year 1903, to 

 begin the year right? 



We are pained to learn of the . death of Mr. Chester Barlow, 

 late editor of The Condor, on November 6, at Mountain View, 

 Santa Clara county, California. His career as a bird student 

 was marked by enthusiasm and accurate work. His loss will be 

 a serious one to the Cooper Club. 



ELECTION OF OFFICERS FOR 1903. 



The election resulted in the selection of the following officers 

 for 1903. A full statement of the election will appear in the Re- 

 ports of Officers for 1903, to be issued with the March Bulletin. 

 President — Lynds Jones, Oberlin, Ohio. 

 Vice-President -N. Hollister, Delavan, Wis. 

 Secretary— John W. Daniel Jr., 3146 Q St., N. W. Washing- 

 ton, D. C. 

 Treasurer— Frank L. Burns, Berwyn, Penn. 

 Executive Council — 



John H. Sage. 

 H. C. Oberholser. 

 W. E. Saunders. 



GENERAL NOTES. 



Notes from Southern Ohio.— Mourning- Dove {Zenaidura 

 macroura). This is an abundant resident in Scioto county, 

 even in the severest winters at sheltered places. It feeds 

 mostly on corn and wheat, which have been scattered in 

 the fields. These two grains form almost its whole food. 

 Only during October have I observed weed seeds composing- 

 more than half of its food, yet the Mourning Dove is by no 

 means injurious to crops. Observations based upon stomach and 

 craw contents are not entirely reliable in regard to the food of 

 birds, since some food is so quickly digested that it cannot be 



