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THE CONDOR 



Vol. XX 



THE CONDOR 



A Magazine of 

 Western OrnitHolog'y 

 J. GRINNELL, Editor 

 HARRY S. SWARTH, Associate Editor 

 J. EUGENE LAW 

 W. LEE CHAMBERS 



> Business Managers 



Hollywood, California: Published Sept. 27, 1918 



EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 



As far as we are aware, bird banding has 

 not been practiced to any considerable ex- 

 tent on the Pacific Coast. This year Mrs. 

 Amelia S. Allen, of Berkeley, and Mr. J. S. 

 Hunter, of the State Pish and Game Com- 

 mission, have undertaken to band some 

 wild birds. Supplies of the necessary bands 

 together with instructions as to their use, 

 and the objects of so doing, can be secured 

 from Mr. Howard H. Cleaves, Secretary of 

 the American Bird Banding Association, 

 New Brighton, N. Y. 



Dr. C. G. Stivers, of Los Angeles, a South- 

 ern Division member of the Cooper Club, is 

 now Captain, M. R. O, Aviation Section, Sig- 

 nal Corps, with headquarters for the time 

 being in San Francisco. 



FEDERAL PERMITS REQUIRED TO COL- 

 LECT MIGRATORY BIRDS, THEIR 

 NESTS AND EGGS FOR SCI- 

 ENTIFIC PURPOSES 



Collectors of birds, their nests or eggs for 

 scientific purposes will be interested to 

 know that the provisions of the Migratory 

 Bird Treaty Act, which was passed by Con- 

 gress and became a law on July 3, 1918, 

 makes it unlawful to take, possess, or trans- 

 port migratory game birds, or other migra- 

 tory birds, their nests or eggs, without a per- 

 mit issued by the United States Secretary 

 of Agriculture in accordance with regula- 

 tions under the new law which became ef- 

 fective July 31, 1918. 



Applications for permits must be address- 

 ed to the Secretary of Agriculture, Washing- 

 ten, D. O, and must contain the name and 

 address of the applicant, the name of the 

 State, Territory, or District, in which the 

 specimens are proposed to be taken, and the 

 purposes for which they are intended. Each 

 application must be accompanied by certi- 

 ficates from two well-known ornithologists 

 that the applicant is a proper person to have 

 a permit. 



The permit will authorize the holder there- 

 of to possess, buy, sell, or transport migra- 



tory birds, or parts thereof, and their nests 

 or eggs for scientific purposes. Public mu- 

 seums, zoological parks or societies, and 

 public scientific and educational institutions 

 may possess, buy, sell, and transport in any 

 manner at any time migratory birds, or 

 parts thereof, and their nests and eggs, for 

 scientific purposes without a permit. No 

 specimens shall be collected, however, even 

 for such institutions, without a permit. 



Permits will be issued free of charge, and 

 will be valid only during the calendar year 

 of issue. They will not be transferable and 

 will be revocable at the discretion of the 

 Secretary of Agriculture. Persons holding- 

 permits are required to report on or before 

 January 10 following their expiration, giving 

 the number of skins, nests, or eggs of each 

 species collected, bought, or sold during the 

 life of the permit. Every package in which 

 migratory birds, their nests or eggs are 

 transported shall have clearly and conspic- 

 uously marked on the outside thereof the 

 name and address of the sender, the number 

 of the permit held by the shipper in every 

 case where a permit is required, the name 

 and address of the consignee, a statement 

 that it contains specimens of birds, their 

 nests or eggs for scientific purposes, and, 

 whenever such a package is transported or 

 offered for transportation from the Domin- 

 ion of Canada into the United States, or 

 from the United States into the Dominion of 

 Canada, an accurate statement of the con- 

 tents. 



Holders of Federal permits are also re- 

 quired to comply with State laws and reg- 

 ulations governing the taking of migratory 

 birds, their nests or eggs for scientific pur- 

 poses. 



In a letter dated August 10, 1918, E. W. 

 Nelson, Chief of the Bureau of Biological 

 Survey, gives assurance that the require- 

 ments under the new law will be made as 

 little burdensome as possible. Reasonable 

 time will be given for allowing collectors to 

 become informed in regard to these regula- 

 tions and to take the necessary steps to meet 

 them. But after that anyone who collects 

 without a permit is liable to arrest and pros- 

 ecution in the Federal court. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



May. — The May meeting of the Northern 

 Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club 

 was an outdoor meeting held at the home of 

 the Secretary, Mrs. Allen, at three p. m. on 

 Sunday, May 19, 1918. Dr. Evermann called 



