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Vol. XXIII 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
The annual roster of the Cooper Ornitho- 
logical Club which occupies the next eight 
pages shows a total of 754 living members. 
This is just 99 more than one year ago, or 
an increase of 15 per cent. Hither of two 
things might be inferred—that interest in 
bird study is rapidly spreading or that ener- 
getic efforts have been made to seek out 
all those in whom an interest had already 
come to exist but who had not previously 
affiliated themselves with the Club. With 
no doubt whatsoever both things are true. 
The first is a natural accompaniment of an 
expanding population, especially where there 
is a tendency towards growth in general 
culture. The second factor is the personal 
one involving the activity of certain individ- 
ual members who wish earnestly to see the 
Club’s sphere of usefulness continually en- 
larged. In the latter connection it happens 
that unstinted service has been rendered by 
our business managers, Messrs. W. Lee 
Chambers and J. Eugene Law. Incidentally, 
the last named put through the compilation 
of the current year’s roster. And to him 
should be reported such changes or cor- 
rections as prove to be needed, to the end 
that these may be incorporated in our next 
vear’s roster. 
Mr. Robert Ridgway has been accorded 
the Daniel Giraud Elliot gold medal by the 
National Academy of Sciences in recognition 
of his studies of birds, and especially as 
commemorating the appearance of Part VIII 
of his Birds of North and Middle America. 
Mr. Ridgway may properly be considered 
the most distinguished American ornitholo- 
gist now living. 
“The Murrelet’” is the title of the “Offi- 
cial Bulletin of the Pacific Northwest Bird 
and Mammal Club” whose headquarters are 
at the State Museum, University of Wash- 
ington, Seattle. Mr. F. S. Hall is president 
of this active organization and is also edi- 
tor of “The Murrelet”. The bulletin is in 
mimeograph style and hence, we assume, 
has no bibliographical standing. Neverthe- 
less, the issue for May, 1921 (vol. II, no. 2), 
for example, contains some contributions of 
real value, such indeed as should justify 
their publication in permanent form. Among 
articles of particular merit in the issue 
designated are: Breeding Dates for Wash- 
ington Birds, by J. Hooper Bowles; Shore 
Birds at Westport, Washington, by D. HE. 
Brown; and British Columbia Bird Notes, 
1920-21, by J. A. Munro. 
Mr. Alfred M. Bailey, who has served the 
past two years as chief fur warden for Alas- 
ka under the United States Bureau of Bio- 
logical Survey, has now severed his connec- 
tion with the Bureau to accept a position on 
the staff of the Colorado Museum of Natural 
History. Under commission of Director J. 
D. Figgins of that institution, Mr. Bailey is 
leaving for a year’s field work in north- 
western Alaska. While the first objective 
will be the collection of materials for exhi- 
Lition purposes, special effort will be made 
also to gather a series of the geese of the re- 
gion, so that the status of the canadensis 
group in which Mr. Figgins is particularily 
interested may be worked out on a more 
conclusive basis than has heretofore been 
possible. 
Mr. Harry S. Swarth, with Mr. William 
Duncan Strong as assistant, has left for five 
months of field work in the Skeena River 
district of British Columbia. The plan of 
this work is in continuation of the program 
of the California Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology to study into the faunal relations 
of the northwest coast region of North Am- 
erica. Mr. Swarth’s report upon his survey 
of the Stikine River district made two years 
ago is now in press as a contribution from 
the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Univer- 
sity of California. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
FEBRUARY.—The Northern Division of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club met at the Mu- 
seum of Vertebrate Zoology February 24 at 
8 Pp. M. Members present: Mesdames. Allen, 
Ayer, Burk, Flinn, Grinnell, Law, McLellan, 
Neugass, Rush, Schlesinger, and Thomson; 
Messrs. Bell, Bryant, Carriger, Evermann, 
Grinnell, Lastreto, Law, Mailliard, McKib- 
ben, McLean, Strong, Storer, Swarth, Wheel- 
er, and Wright; visitors, Mesdames Drum- 
mond, Evermann, McLean, Thomson, and 
Wheeler; Messrs. Coolidge, Litsey, Miller, 
and Schlesinger. 
After the reading of the minutes of North- 
ern and Southern Divisions the five names 
proposed at the January meeting were pass- 
ed upon favorably. New names proposed 
were Mrs. Ella B. Drummond, 2739 Bancroft 
Way, Berkeley, by Miss Margaret Wythe; 
Mr. Kenneth Racey, 38262 First Ave. W., 
Vancouver, B. C., Mr. Lionel E. Taylor, Kel- 
owna, B. C., and Mr. J. W. Winson, Hunting- 
don, B. C., by Mr. J. A. Munro. 
On motion of Mr. Storer, duly seconded, it 
was voted to join with the Mammalogists in 
a field trip to Golden Gate Park on March 
20, the trip to take the place of the regular 
March meeting. On motion of Mr. Law, 
seconded by Mr. Mailliard, the revised con- 
stitution was adopted by unanimous vote. 
Mr. Dane Coolidge then entertained the Club 
by narrating his experiences while captur- 
ing live birds for zoological parks. Ad- 
journed.—AmeE tia S. ALLEN, Secretary. _ 
