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THE CONDOR 
I VOL. V 
THE CONDOI^ 
An Illustrated Magazine of Western 
Ornithology 
Published Bi=moni-hly by bhe. Cooper Ornii-hoIo§i= 
cal Club of California 
WALTER K. FISHER, Editor, Palo Alto 
JOSEPH QRINNELL, Business Manager and 
Assistant Editor, Palo Alto 
FR.ANK S. DAQOE'Pr, Associate Editor 
Palo Alto, California: Published May 14, 1903 
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NOTES 
We announced in the last issue that The 
Condor would not come out till after the A. 
O. U. -Cooper Club Meeting, but have reconsid- 
ered that rash decision. It is always dangerous 
for a periodical to delay its usual date of publi- 
cation, even under the most praiseworthy pre- 
texts. So we are here a day ahead. 
Owing to the illness of Mr. Grinnell the bus- 
iness office has temporarily suspended opera- 
tions. Correspondents should be patient, how- 
ever, and thank their lucky stars for health 
during this remarkably beautiful spring. 
More than one of our plans has gone wrong 
since the last issue and we have been obliged 
to omit the usual portrait from this number. 
We hope to resume the series in July. 
During the summer months the editor will 
be in Washington, D. C . Correspondents will 
confer a favor if they direct all communications 
as follows; W. K. Fisher, care of U. S. 
Uep’t OF Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
Do not send such letters to “The Condor” or 
to the “Publishers of The Condor.” Unless 
further notice is given business communications 
should be sent as usual to Palo Alto, to Mr. 
Grinnell. 
The A. O. U. Bird Bill of which mention was 
made in the March issue came to an untimely 
death in the hands of a Committee. From all 
that we can learn it was not actually introduced 
into the legislature, having been crowded out 
by the rush of “more important” measures. 
The Michigan Ornithological Club has re- 
cently reorganized, and the fir.st number of the 
Bulletin under the new management arrived on 
the coast the latter part of April. This issue is 
No. i of Vol. IV. The Bulletin is to appear 
quarterly under the editorship of Alexander W. 
Blain, Jr., with J. Clair Wood and Adolphe B. 
Covert as associates. It is published “in the 
interests of ornithology in the Great Take 
region” and the present number is certainly an 
attractive one. We wish the enterprise every 
success. [Bulletin of the Michigan Ornitholog- 
ical Club, A. W. Blain, Jr., Editor, 131 Elm- 
wood Ave., Detroit Mich.; subscription fifty 
cents a year.] 
The Proceedings of the Nebraska Ornitholo- 
gists' Union at its Third Annual Meeting is a 
substantial volume of 108 pages, well printed 
and illustrated. The leading article is the Pres- 
ident’s Address — The Progenitors of Birds, by 
Erwin Hinckley Barbour, profusely illustrated 
with good zinc cuts. There are numerous other 
articles of a more local nature, including a val- 
uable Record of Nebraska Ornithology, i.Bibli- 
graphy, by Robert H. Wolcott. 
The National Committee of Audubon Socie- 
ties has commenced the publication of a series 
of Educational Leaflets, each of which will 
treat of a single species. These will be illus- 
trated by Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and will 
give not only an accurate description of the 
plumage of the bird, but also its distribution in 
North America, and the latest information re- 
garding the economic status of the species. We 
have seen, so far, the Nighthawk and the Mourn- 
ing Dove. Mr. Dutcher and Prof. Beal are re- 
sponsible for the text. 
Prof. F. E. L. Beal, of the U. S. Department 
of Agriculture, is in California studying the re- 
lation of birds to orchards. 
Rev. S. H. Goodwin of Provo City, Utah, is 
compiling a list of the birds of Utah. He would 
appreciate any assistance from local observers. 
We regret to announce the death of Mr. Geo. 
H. Ready, at Santa Cruz, California, March 20, 
1903. 
George H. Ready, a member of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club was born in Placerville, 
Placer Co., California, .Lugust 5, 1858. While 
still a boy he went to Santa Cruz, where he has 
since been a student of birds and their habits. 
Four years ago, from overwork and exposure, 
he contracted a cold from which he never re- 
covered. He spent several years in Phoenix, 
Arizona, hoping the dry air of that region 
would restore his health. But he afterwards 
wisely concluded that the comforts of a home 
in Santa Cruz would be a greater solace and 
quite as likely a restorer. Although everything 
possible was done for him he never rallied. 
He was an amateur ornithologist, and the 
birds of the region in and about Santa Cruz and 
Phoenix were his familiar friends, few know- 
ing their haunts and habits as well as he. A 
cabinet of eggs which he had collected repre- 
sents the work of many hours snatched from 
leisure, and has great intrinsic value. 
