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THE CONDOR 
VOL. VI 
THE CONDOI^ 
An Fllustrated Magazine, of Western 
Ornithology 
Published Bi-monthly by the. Cooper Ornitholo§i- 
i;al Club of California 
WALTEU^ K. FIStlEli, Editor, Palo Alto 
,|()f>EPM tiliINNELL, Business Manager and 
Assoe.iate Editor, Pasadena 
K. E. SNODCiliASS, Assoeiate Editor 
Palo Alto, California: Published May I 904 
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NOTES AND NPAVS 
[Continued from pa^e Sj) 
During the coming summer communications 
to the editor may he addres.sed, as usual, to 
Palo Alto. 
Dr. Charles H. Gilbert and Prof. William E. 
Ritter were on the “.\lbatross” during parts of 
March and April. The “Albatross” was en- 
gaged in deep-sea dredging off the southern 
California coast. 
We call attention to Mrs. Bailey’s interesting 
article on “Twelve Rock Wren Nests in New 
Mexico,” published elsewhere in this issue, and 
to the queries proposed. “How general is the 
Salpinctian use of stones, and what proportion 
of nests have the walks leading away from 
them?” Have our field ornithologists any 
observations to offer? 
Mr. John J. Williams, who has been living 
near Santa Barbara, has moved to Truckee, 
where he expects to be located during the sum- 
mer. 
Mr. W. W. Price made his usual excursion 
into the high Sierras early in April. 
.Mr. R. H. Beck presented a paper entitled, 
“The Galapagos Islands and Their Inhabitants” 
at a meeting of the Section of Ornithology of 
the California Academy of Sciences, May 3d. 
One correspondent earnestly desires that we 
present in The Condor more articles of a 
popular nature. Unfortunately we cannot 
publish for the benefit of our readers what does 
not reach our sanctum, however much we 
might wish to do so! As a matter of fact the 
responsibilit}" for the lack of this sort of mate- 
rial rests not with the editors but with the 
])ersons who object to faunal lists and other 
more or less technical matter. .\t the present 
time we are publishing a much greater percent- 
age of popular than technical articles, and are 
jjerfectly willing to increase this difference if 
the proper material is forthcoming. 
Mr. R. \V'. Williams, Jr., of the Biological 
Survey will soon return to his home in Talla 
hassee, Florida, to resume the practice of law. 
We learn that Mr. W. L. Dawson, the author 
of “The Birds of Ohio” intends to move to the 
State of Washington, where he will undertake, 
in co-authorship with Mr. J. H. Bowles of 
Tacoma, an illustrated work upon the Birds of 
Washington. This book is to be drawn on the 
lines of the Birds of Ohio, which combines so 
well the elements of scientific accuracy, popu- 
lar interest, and attractive appearance. Both 
gentlemen are thoroughly familiar with the 
field, each having spent eight years in differ- 
ent parts of the state. 
Mr. b'rank M. Chapman has in preparation 
a volume on the Warblers of North America 
and requests the aid of students of birds 
throughout the country in the preparation of 
the volume. “Continued studj- of our birds,” 
writes Mr. Chapman in lUrd-Lore , “emphasizes 
the absolute necessity- for many observers if we 
are to have anything approaching adequate 
biographies of even a single species *' * 
Cooperation, therefore, is the watchword of the 
bird-study of today. Instead of thinking that 
there is little left to learn, every bird student 
should feel that it is his special privilege to 
add to our knowledge of birds in nature. He 
may not make a novel or startling discovery, 
but he ma}’ confirm some observation which 
has already been made, and that, as a matter of 
fact, is second in value only to the original 
observation itself. An act may be attributed to 
a species on the basis of a single observation; 
but a habit, only after many observations.” It 
is requested that each bird on which a report is 
made be treated as follows; name of species 
(scientific and common), local status, migra- 
tion, song, courtship, haunts, nesting site, 
nest, eggs, young. Do not neglect sending 
your observations because they are incomplete. 
It is unnecessary to add that full credit will be 
given for all material used. Mr. Chapman's 
address is Englewood. New Jerse}^ 
Messrs. C. H. Gilbert, Harold Heath, M. H. 
Spaulding and W. K. Fisher of Stanford Uni- 
versity are located on the steamer “Albatross" 
which is engaged in deep-sea dredging in Mon- 
terey Bay. 
The May meeting of the Northern Division 
was held at the residence of Prof. O. P. Jen- 
kins, Stanford University, with a good attend- 
ance. Full minutes will be published in the 
July issue. 
The vSouthern Division of the Cooper Club 
has recently lost an esteemed member. Prof. 
George Conant, who died at Long Beach. Cal- 
ifornia, March 29, 1904. Prof. Conant was an 
enthusiastic naturalist, one of the kind that 
delights in helping the inexperienced to see and 
understand the things of Nature. His long 
life had been spent as a teacher, and in this 
capacity he had inspired many a boy with true 
scientific zeal. 
