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THI-: CONDOR 
1 Vol. IV 
THE CONDOR. 
Bulletin of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
OF CALIFORNIA. 
Published bi-monthly at Santa Clara, Cal., in the interests 
and as Official Organ of the Club. 
CHESTER BARI.OW, - - Santa Clara, Cal,, 
Editor and liusiness Manager. 
WALTER K. FISHER, Stanford University Cal. 
HOW.ARD ROBERTSON, Box 55, Sta. A., Los Angeles. 
Associates. 
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Single Copies, 25 Cents. 
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Foreign Subscription, Si. 25 . 
Free to Honorary Members and to Active Members not 
in arrears for dues. 
Advertising rates will be sent on application. 
Advertisements and snbscriptions should be sent to the 
Business Managers. 
Exchanges should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief. 
Entered at the Santa Clara Post-office as second class 
matter. 
This issue of The Condor was mailed May. 15. 
EDITORIAL. 
Boom the State Meeting of 1903 ! 
Ill our la.st issue the note entitled “ The 
Passing of the Great Blue Heron at Santa 
Monica” should have been credited to Air. W. 
Lee Chambers instead of to “W. Lee.” 
With the exception of the Januarv' number. 
The Condor will be mailed to subscribeis 
untrimmed. While we feel that this feature 
in a measure mars the appearance of the mag- 
azine, it will be appreciated when the files are 
bound and the ultimate disposal of the issues 
is after all most essential. 
With the advent of summer our ornitholo- 
gists will soon be afield, engaged in their an- 
nual study of birds. The present season 
among Club members should result in the pro- 
duction of many excellent monographs. It 
should be remembered that a paper treating of 
a single species is apt to be of greater value 
than one dealing too largel}’ in generalities. 
The series of articles on the ‘Bird Clubs of 
America' at present being published in Bird 
Lore have a peculiar interest to ornithologists, 
especially in view of the publication of photo- 
graphs of representative meetings of the vari- 
ous clubs. Thus far groii])s of the Nuttall and 
Delaware Valley Ornithological clubs have 
appeared. In the absence of personal acquaint- 
ance, nothing is so potent in promoting a 
friendly interest among ornithologists as the 
camera. The Condor has at times contem- 
plated the publication of a Coojier Club group, 
init in view of the coming State Meeting in 
1903, we modestly defer the pleasure until 
July-August 1903 ! 
Before the next issue of The Condor shall 
have appeared the Cooper Ornithological Club 
will have celebrated its ninth year of existence. 
June 22 will serve as a reminder to the four 
then young ornithologists whom Fate made 
the Club’s founders nine }ears ago, and will 
recall an enthusiastic organization meeting 
which had reached its consummation after 
much planning, lacking none of that bold 
assurance which older heads might scarcely 
have essayed to assume. That the movement 
steadily gathered strength the Club and The 
Condor are living proof Aside from this 
comment it is unlikely that the coming 22nd 
of June will be accorded further attention. 
Nor is it necessary. 
But with another brief twelve-months will 
occur the Club’s tenth anniversary, — an occas- 
ion which the ornithologists of California 
should make memorable. The initial steps 
have already been taken for the holding of a 
.State Aleeting, and the coming year will afford 
none too much time to perfect arrangements 
for an enthusiastic and profitable gathering of 
bird men The suggestions set forth in this 
journal some months ago have been acted upon 
and a State Committee composed of the follow- 
ing gentlemen has already been appointed: — 
W. Otto Emerson (Chairman), Jno. O. Sny- 
der, J. Eugene Law, Frank S. Daggett and C. 
Barlow. 
There will rest with the comniitte? the ar- 
rangement of a mass of details necessary to the 
success of the congress. A place of meeting 
must first be agreed upon, and should be so 
arranged as to secure the largest possible at- 
tendance of members. The selection of San 
Francisco would appear logical, but the matter 
will rest with the committee in charge. A two 
or three days’ session should be arranged for, 
and the attendance of “outside,” or distant 
members should be urged. From the records 
of the Northern Division for a }-ear past it ap- 
pears that 54 individual members were in at- 
tendance at the six meetings, some being 
present at all the meetings while others at- 
tended but a single .session. This denotes that 
many journeyed considerable distances to at- 
tend the meetings. It would therefore seem a 
conservative estimate to expect the presence of 
one-third of the entire Club membership at 
the State Aleeting. Should this prove true, 
California would wdtness au intensely enthu- 
siastic gathering of bird men, which would 
perforce result in a large measure of mutual 
benefit and enjoyment to those so present. 
Having decided on the place of meeting, a 
live programme committee should be estab- 
lished to work unceasingly forthe coniingyear. 
Features of current and special interest should 
be introduced, and a programme of economic 
ornithology should be arranged to cover au 
afternoon. From the large active membership 
of the Club a string of meritorious jiapers, 
covering a wide range of subjects, could be 
secured. In view of the propitious conditions, 
the State Meeting of 1903 should and will be 
made memorable! 
