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THE CONDOR 
VOL. VI 
THE coNr>ol^ 
An lllustriited Magazine of Western 
Ornitliology 
Piiblislu’.d lii-iiionH>ly by the Coope.r OniiHiolo^i- 
eal Club of California 
WAL I Kli K. FISMEK, Editor, Palo Alto 
JOSEPH OU.INNELL, Business Manager and 
Associate Editor, Pasadena 
li. E. SNOPOK^ASS, Associate Editor 
Palo Alto, California: Published Sept. 17, I 90-t 
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NOTEvS AND NEVV.S 
( Continued') 
111 The Condor for May, 1901, Messrs. 
Joseph and J. W. Mailliard presented some ex- 
cellent suggestions for the establishment of an 
information column in this magazine. The 
proposition met with the hearty endorsement 
of the editor, but for some reason did not gain 
the cooperation which it deserved. The scheme 
was so well worthy of the support of all club 
members that we have deemed it desirable to 
bring the matter again to the attention of our 
readers. There are doubtless many who desire 
information on some especial subject, or to fill 
out gaps in their observations, and are not 
able to find aid in their reference libraries. We 
invite everyone to send in their questions, 
which will be published, and probablj- answers 
to the majority will be forthcoming. 
In this connection it seems well to publish 
the names of a Special Information Committee 
which has been appointed, by the president, 
especially to aid beginners in bird-study. This 
committee constitutes a sort of Advisory 
Council and is willing, in so far as it is able, to 
aid anyone who may wish to undertake bird 
studv, orwho may desire some special infor- 
mation. The West is divided ii ^o districts 
with a committeeman to each. If you are un- 
certain to whom to write, send the'question to 
the chairman who will refer it to the proper c 
person. A stamped and addressed envelope 
should always be included for reply. 
Cooper Ci.ub’.s Advi.sory Committee. 
Walter K. Fisher, Chairman, Palo .^Ito, Cal.; 
Northern California. 
W. W. Price, Alta, Placer Co., Cal.; Interior 
valleys and Sierra Nevada Mts. 
W. Otto Emerson, Haywards, Cal., San 
E'rancisco Bay region. 
Joseph Grinnell, Pasadena, Cal.; Pacific 
slope of Southern California. 
Herbert Brown, Yuma, Arizona; Arizona and 
southeastern California. 
William L. Finley, 264 Madison St., Port- 
land, Ore.; Oregon. 
J. H. Bowles, 401 South G. St., Tacoma, 
Wash.; Washington. 
Mr. M. P. Anderson is now collecting in 
Japan for the British Museum. He expects to 
be there about a year. 
Mr. W. Scott Way, Secretarj- of the Califor- 
nia Audubon Society, gave an address at the 
University P'armers’ Institute, Long Beach, 
August 27, on the “Passing of the Mourning 
Dove. ” 
Mr. Lyman Belding was recently at Deer 
Park, Placer county. 
Messrs. William R. Dudley, E. G. Dudley, 
and W. K. Fisher made a hasty trip into the 
country south of Kings River canyon during 
the last two weeks of August. The trail was 
taken at Millwood, Fresno Co. Some work 
was done in the extensive sequoia cuttings of 
the Converse Basin, where a deplorably waste- 
ful system of lumbering is being carried on. 
Mr. Joseph Grinnell spent the latter part of 
August and the first two weeks of September 
collecting in the Santa Cruz mountains and in 
the vicinity of Palo Alto. 
We are able to announce, unofficially, that 
the third volume of Mr. Ridgway's “Birds of 
North and Middle .\merica’’ will soon be ready 
for distribution, and that the manuscript of 
the fourth volume is nearly completed. 
Rev. S. H. Goodwin has become a staff con- 
tributor in economic ornithology for the 
Deseret Farmer, of Provo, Utah. 
One of our club members, now in the far 
east, Richard C. McGregor, writes us very viv- 
idly of his collecting experiences there, judg- 
ing from his valuable papers which are issued 
regularly from the Philippine Museum, Mr. 
McGregor has not given up in the least to the 
evervating influences of that tropical climate. 
He says; “I hope to get away on another 
good trip before long. The highlands of Min- 
doro need more attention and there are plenty 
of other good points to visit. Luzon itself has 
plent}^ of virgin ground, but I am not yet anx- 
ious to be collected by a lot of Ladrones who 
are still making things interesting at several 
jxiints.” 
k recent issue of the Sierra Ctuh Buttetin 
(Vol. V, No. 2) contains an entertaining arti- 
cle by our fell ow member, Dr. William Fred- 
eric Bade. He relates his experiences with“The 
Water Ouzel at Home" on the headwaters of 
the Kern River in the southern Sierras. Four 
excelle)n<jj.yhotographs supplement the already 
vivid wc , ortray"’ 
IVIr. R.’I?. Sndugfass spent the summer trav- 
elling through the eastern states. 
Mr. H. W. Henshaw, who has been residing 
in Hilo, Hawaii, for the past ten years is stop- 
ping temporarily at Fruitvale, California. 
Mr. E. W. Nelson and Dr. C. Hart Merriam 
are expected to arrive on the Coast about Sep- 
tember 15. 
