September, 1902. 
'I'HE CONDOR 
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GENERAL NEWS NOTES. 
N. R. Christie, one of Colorado’s early ornithologists, is now located in San Francisco. 
Joseph Mailliard, the well known San Geroninio ornithologist, sailed August 4 for Valpar- 
aiso, Chili, where he expects to remain until next spring. 
Harry S. Swarth and O. W. Howard have returned from an extended trip into the mountains 
of Arizona, and bring back with them a host of interesting and valuable material. 
Leverett M. Loomis presented a paper entitled ‘Recognition of Geographical Variation in 
Nomenclature’ before the .Section of Ornithology of the Academy of Sciences on Sept. 2: 
W. Earle Mulliken, formerly of Grand Rapids*, Mich., where he was prominently identified 
with the Michigan Ornithological Club, is attending the State University at Berkeley, Cal. 
A. I. McCormick was wedded to Miss Edith Coates in Los Angeles on August 27. Mr. Mc- 
Cormick’s good field work has been conspicuous by its absence during the past year or two, but 
we learn that he will resume it shortly. 
The A/bat ross expedition, whicji has been engaged in general zoological work among the 
Hawaiian and adjacent islands has returned. The Cooper Clnb was represented in Dr. Chas. H. 
Gilbert, Walter K. Fisher and Jno. O. Synder. 
In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington Chas. W. Richmond renames the 
gray titmouse ( /Izr/zi' inornatns griseiis). The name, gri sens is found to be preoccupied and the 
new name of Pants i?iornatus ridgwayi is proposed. 
H. R. Painton, a founder of the Cooper Ornithological Club, was united in marriage on July 3 
to Miss Emma J. Addicott at Felton, Cal. IMr. Painton has largely given up ornithology owing 
to other duties and is now principal of a school at South San F'rancisco. 
The Yearbook of the Department of Agriculture for 1901 (just issued) contains an excellent 
paper by Dr. A. K. Fisher on ‘Two Vanishing Game Birds: The Woodcock and the Wood Duck.’ 
It is to be hoped that Dr. Fisher has sounded the warning in time to preserve these two interest- 
ing species. 
The Biological .Survey has issued Circular No. 37 entitled ‘Regulations for the Importation 
of Eggs of Game Birds for Proj^agation . ’ The circular recites the regulations which must be fol- 
lowed, and those contemplating the importation of eggs should familiarize themselves with the 
requirements. 
Mr. Chapman has recently described Lagopus leitcnrns peninsularis and Cyanocitia stelleri 
borealis from the Kenai peninsula, Alaska. Despite our friend’s desperate stand against slender 
subspecies, we feel persuaded he will ultimately join the ranks of the hairsplitters. Splitting is 
simply fascinating! 
The current issues oi Novitates Zoologicce (IX, No. 2) contains an interesting paper entitled 
‘Further Notes on the Fauna of the Galapagos Islands’ by the Hon. Walter Rothschild and Ern- 
est Harter. Included in the paper are the field notes of R. H. Beck on the tortoise of the group, 
together with several illustrations. 
The Biological Survey has recently issued a large chart .showing the close seasons on all 
classes of game for each state in the Union. The chart is prepared in an admirably condensed 
and practical form and is known as Farmer’s Bulletin No. 106. It is worth noting that the 
Biological .Survey is devoting increasing time to the work of game protection and with results. 
The Beck expedition to the Galapagos Isands returned August 15, bringing a cargo of giant 
tortoises, land iguanas, some 600 bird skins and other scientific material. It is thought that some 
of the tortoises are the largest even taken, and Mr. Beck will shortly take the collection to Eng- 
land, for which point it was originally destined. Mr. Beck secured many interesting photo- 
graphs, some of which we hope to reproduce later. 
Chas. R. Keyes, senior vice president of the Cooper Club, made an important ‘capture’ dur- 
ing his summer’s vacation, which was .spent at his Iowa home. On August 5 at Blairstown, la., 
he was united in marriage to Miss Sarah M. Nauman, after which Mr. and Mrs. Keyes journeyed 
we.stward to Berkeley, where Mr. Keyes is an instructor at the .State University. We tender 
warm congratulations on behalf of an appreciative Club! 
