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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XIV 
Tliis, the latest addition to the State bird 
lists, is a thick octavo of nearly six hundred 
pages and with so much of it in fine print as 
to represent a very large amount of ma- 
terial. 'I'hc hook is dedicated to Gen. W. J. 
Palmer and tlie statement is made in the 
introduction that it was in accordance wdth 
his desire that the work was undertaken, and 
that the expenses of publication "have been 
defrayed by his sister-in-law, Mrs. William 
Lutley Sclater, and his brother-in-law, i\Ir. 
Chase Mellen, of New York." .V photogra- 
\ure of Gen. Palmer faces the title page. 
The birds of the State, 392 [=really 395] 
in number, are di\'ided into several categories • 
breeders 225, winter residents 28, migrants 33, 
and casual 106. There is an elaborate sys- 
tem of keys to families, genera and species 
constructed for the most part on the best 
modern lines, though occasionally the)^ fail to 
he dichotomous. Under each species there 
is given first its printed records in Colorado 
and the reference to each, these references by 
the help of the bibliography being reduced to 
least possil)le compass. Next follows a 
rather full hut very concise description of 
the adult male plumage, wdth a statement of 
tlie difference shown by the female and 
young. A paragraph gives the general dis- 
triimtion of the species, which is followed by 
a full statement of its range in Colorado, 
with the authority for each record. Lhider 
the heading of hal)its are given facts con- 
cerning the food, nesting, and various other 
interesting items. 
.-\s remarked in the introduction, the pres- 
ent volume is “founded on" the very complete 
collection of Colorado birds formed during 
the last thirty-five years by Mr. Charles E. 
.\ikcn. of Colorado Springs." Mr. Aiken's 
collection is one of the largest ever brought 
togetlier in the State and the most valualde 
part of the hook consists in the numerous 
records from this collection now for the first 
time made public. The collection furnishes 
two new' l)irds for Colorado — Chordcilcs aenfi- 
j'enitis tc.vcnsis, taken l>y Mr. Aiken near 
Trinidad, and Eiiipidoiiax frailli aliiornin, 
taken by him near Limon — and restores one 
form — Coccycus aiucricainis — that w'as at one 
time admitted to the State list hut had l)een 
dropped for lack of positive proof of its oc- 
currence. 
The seventeen reproductions of excellent 
photographs by Rockwell, Warren and Nash 
are printed on a high-grade paper that pre- 
sents them to good ach-antage. 
The volume contains an elaborate hildi- 
ography comprising “a list of all the titles 
up to Decemher, 1910, containing anything of 
importance for the study of Colorado or- 
nithology." 'Fhe list numbers 294 titles. 
The four publications of Cooke on Colorado 
birds had listed 343 titles in his liihliographies. 
Sclater omits 75 of these in his bibliography 
and adds 17 published previous to 1909 anl 
9 titles that appeared in 1910, making the 294 
titles. Including the 91 less important titles, 
Cooke's bibliographies totaled 434 titles, to 
which he can now add 93 more, making a total 
of 527 titles in his Colorado bibliography, 
A useful feature of the volume is a “Ga- 
zetteer" of tlie several hundred localities 
mentioned in the work. The volume closes 
with an unusually full and satisfactory index. 
Mr. Sclater has made good use of his op- 
portunities and has produced a thoroughly 
good book. It is up to date in its nomencla- 
ture and faultless in its typography. It eas- 
ily takes rank among the very liest of the 
State bird lists. — W. W. C. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
.\pRiL — The April meeting of the Southern 
Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club 
was held on Thursday evening, April 25, 
1912, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wil- 
cox building, Los Angeles, with President 
Morcom in the chair and the following mem- 
liers present : Blaine, Chambers, Daggett. 
Gray, How’ell, Howard, Hubbs, Antonin and 
.Alphonse Jay, Judson, Lamb, Miller, Owen, 
Rich, Robertson, Wood. 
The President appointed Mr, Daggett as 
Secretary. 
The minutes of the Southern Division for 
March w'ere read and approved. A newspa- 
per clipping of an article by Mr. J. Buckland. 
of the Royal Colonial Institute, England, w'as 
read. This dealt with the terrible inroads on 
bird life due to the demands of fashion for 
plumage. 
On motion of Robertson, seconded by 
Miller, and duly carried, the Secretary was 
instructed to cast the ballot electing to active 
membership Mr. James Buckland, proposed 
at the last meeting. 
Applications for membership were presented 
as follows : Lansing K. Tevis, Bakersfield, 
Calif., proposed by J, S. Douglas: Kate W. 
McGraw, 2301 Hearst avenue, Berkeley, and 
Asa C. Chandler, Maplewood, N. J., both 
proposed by H. C. Bryant: George Wood, 
Hollywood, Calif., proposed by J. E. Law: 
C. W. Chamberlain, Lancaster, Mass., proposed 
hv' A. B. How'ell. 
On motion carried the resignation of 
Willis H. Jackson was duly accepted. -Ad- 
journed. — F. S. Daggett, Scc'y pro tcin. 
