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THE 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. 
WALTER K. FISHER, - - - Palo Alto, Cal. 
Editor 
JOSEPH GRINNELL, - - - Palo Alto, Cal. 
Business Manager. 
HOW.ARU ROBERTSON, Box 55, Sta. Los Angeles. 
Associate. 
Subscription, (in advance) - - One Dollar a Year. 
Single Copies, - 25 Cents. 
Six Copies or more of one issue, - 12 % Cents Each. 
Foreign Subscription, $1.25. 
Free to Honorai'y Members and to .Active Members not 
in arrears for dues. 
Advertising rates will be sent on application. 
Manuscripts and exchanges should be sent to the 
Editor-in-Chief. 
Advertisements and subscriptions should be sent to the 
Business Manager. 
Entered at the Santa Clara Post-office as second class 
matter. 
This issue of The Condor was mailed Nov. 18. 
EDITORIAL. 
Chester Barlow, editor of this magazine, 
passed away Thursday morning, November 
sixth, at the home of his uncle, Mr. W. W. 
Brown, near Mountain View, Santa Clara coun- 
ty. He had been seriously ill for some time, 
and the end, though feared by his friends, came 
rather suddenly. 
His death will prove a great blow to his 
many friends, and to the science of Ornith- 
ology, which he followed with so much credit 
to himself, and advantage to his fellow men. 
Chester Barlow has done more to spread an in- 
terest in Ornithology and to stimulate bird 
studv on the west coast than any one man, liv- 
ing or dead, and when this is fully realized, 
the fraternity at large will appreciate our loss. 
A man of charming personality and generous 
character, Chester Barlow was universally lov- 
ed, and in the hearts of his nearer friends he 
holds a quite unique place — one which time 
can never destroy. He had the power of in- 
spiring confidence and enthusia.sm, and stimu- 
lated others to better things. He thoroughly 
enjoyed his chosen hobby and either in the 
field or study was a delightful companion. 
Manv are there of our Cooper Club “boys”, 
who remember him plodding cheerily over 
hills in quest of eagles' eggs, or off at dawn for 
some early .set, to whom the simple announce- 
ment of his death will bring a nameless pang. 
He is gone, but so long as generous manhood 
and faithful friendship are cherished, so long 
will his memory be green among us. 
The funeral was held Sunday, November 
ninth, from the home of his uncle, and many 
of his old friends of the Cooper Club were pres- 
ent to act as pall-bearers. 
On November 14th a special business meet- 
ing was held at Stanford University, when Mr. 
Chas. R. Keyes of Berkeley was elected Secre- 
tary of the Club for the remainder of this year, 
and for 1903. At the same time Mr. Joseph 
Grinnell was elected Business Manager-Treas- 
urer, his duties to begin at once. 
Important Announcement. — Hereafter all 
manuscripts for publication, exchanges, and 
books for review should be mailed to Walter 
K. Fisher, Palo Alto, Cal. All communications 
of a business nature, such as subscriptions, 
dues, and advertisements should be sent to 
Joseph Grinnell, Palo Alto, Cal. Communica- 
tions concerning the Club, not intended for 
publication, should be forwarded to Charles R. 
Keyes, 2201 Ellsworth St., Berkeley, Cal. 
Our January issue will be a memorial num- 
ber dedicated to the memorj' of Chester Barlow. 
COMMUNICATIONS. 
Editor of ‘The Condor’; 
I wish to raise my voice of protest, fee- 
ble and ineffective though it may be, against 
what seems to me cruel indifference to and lack 
of genuine sympathy with bird life, on the 
part of some of the scientific ornithologists, 
and especially of those who are but little more 
than collectors of “specimens” for private ex- 
ploitation. 
There is no doubt that we need the work of 
certain students of bird anatomy for the sake 
of accuracy in nomenclature and classification; 
and we need a few collections no doubt of dead 
and stuffed birdskins for purposes of study and 
illustration in connection with scientific 
schools. But the unflinching, destructive dis- 
position of some, even of the better class of 
collectors seems to me without excuse and ab- 
horent to the lover of life in Nature. 
They would not think of killing, even in 
the Philippines, varying specimens of the gen- 
us Homo, merely for purposes of anatomical 
studv, to embellish some museum or to settle a 
disputed point of faunal geography. And yet 
they have no hesitation in taking the lives of 
other animals, who are in some respects super- 
ior to themselves, for just such purposes of cur- 
iosity, or, what is worse, for merely selfish am- 
