Jan., 1922 
35 
RECORD OF BIRDS BANDED 
Bands: 
28820- 
6601-6611 45001-45005 45020 
45007-45011 45617-45622 48161-48170 49010 
48120-48128 49001-49007 49379 
55031 
Sirs. Amelia S. Allen, at Berkeley, Calif. (date ?). 
Hylocichla guttata (subsp.), (1) 49001. 
Baeolophus i. inornatus, (5) 45001-45005. 
February 11 to March 29, 1919. 
Chamaea f. fasciata, (3) 45007,-08,-20. 
Passerella i. (annectens ?), (1) 49002. 
Pipilo c. crissalis, (1) 49010. 
January 12 to June 23, 1920. 
Carpodacus m. frontalis, (1) 45011. 
Chamaea f. fasciata, (1) 45010. 
Regulus ec. (cineraceus ?), (1) 45009. 
Zonotrichia coronata, (2) 49004,-05. 
Zonotrichia 1. nuttalli, (2) 49006,-07. 
June 16 to October 31, 1921. 
Troglodytes a. parkmani, (10) 48161- 
48170. 
Colaptes c. collaris, (1) 55031. 
At Boulder Creek, Santa Cruz County, Calif., July 12, 1919. 
Juneo o. pinosus, (1) 49003. 
H. C. Bryant, at Berkeley, Calif., February 23 to May 3, 1921. 
Hylocichla guttata (subsp.), (1) 49379. 
Junco oreganus (subsp.), (6) 45617-45622. 
J. E. Law, at Berkeley, Calif., October 28, 1921. 
Melospiza m. santaecrucis, (2) 6606,-07. 
At Los Angeles, Calif., September 25 to November 16, 1921. 
Melospiza m. cooperi, (2) 28820, 48121. 
Zonotrichia 1. (nuttalli ?), (2) 48120, 
22. 
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Zonotrichia 1. gambeli, (15) 6601-6605, 
6608-6611, 48123-48128. 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
We wish to call especial attention to the 
“open letter to Condor contributors” which 
appears on the outside of the back cover of 
this issue. The Editors simply want the 
help of contributors in making an improved 
magazine. The Condor cannot grow in size 
very much, because of limited money re- 
sources, but it can be bettered in quality 
and scientific value, almost without limit. 
We invite vigorous cooperation in this re- 
gard; also constructive criticism from those 
of our readers who do not happen to be 
contributors of articles. Some very helptul 
suggestions have already come to us from 
such sources. 
The reports of the Business Managers of 
the Cooper Ornithological Club, Messrs. Law 
and Chambers, for the year 1920 and for the 
half year to July 1, 1921, have been filed 
with the Board of Governors and with the 
Secretaries of the two Divisions. These re- 
ports go into great detail, so that every item 
of property, all sources of income, and all 
matters of expense may be learned with ac- 
curacy and ease. Space prevents reproduc- 
ing any large portion of the figures here. 
Some selected ones, however, will doubtless 
prove of general interest. During 1920 total 
receipts (general fund) amounted _ to 
$2168.29; total disbursements, $2146.37. On 
July 1, 1921, the Club’s endowment fund con- 
tained $3750, invested in government bonds. 
The statements indicate a healthy condition, 
with the burden of high war costs all but 
discounted without an increase in dues. In 
another year the war account promises to be 
wiped out. 
A late book of unusual interest is “Early 
Annals of Ornithology” by J. H. Gurney (H. 
F. and G. Witherby, London, 1921, 240 pp., 
36 ills.). It deals chiefly with British birds 
and consists of a collection of ancient refer- 
ences and accounts of birds from all sorts 
of sources, accompanied by critical com- 
ments and explanations. Among scores of 
interesting things we learn that, in the six- 
teenth century, herons were highly prized 
for the table, and also that a system of 
branding domestic swans was in common 
practice, which, although the beak was the 
portion of the bird marked, reminds us of 
the system of bird-banding in vogue today. 
Recent articles in the Condor and else- 
where have dealt with the speed of flight in 
birds. It becomes clear that a great many 
extravagant figures in this regard have ap- 
peared in the older literature, and even 
modern books and articles in the sports and 
adventures class are full of wild statements. 
