Jan., 1915 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
61 
THE CONDOR 
A Magazine of 
Western Ornithology 
Published Bi-Monthly by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
J. GRINNELL, Editor. Berkeley. California 
HARRY S. SWARTH. Associate Editor 
J. EVGENE LAW 1 _ . 
W. LEE CHAMBERS f Bus,ness M&, '** ers 
Hollywood, California: Published Jan. 30, 1915 
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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
We wonder why the English Sparrow, now 
of greater abundance and wider distribu- 
tion in North America than any other bird 
species, should be left off the A. O. U. 
Check-List, when, for instance, the Star- 
ling is given formal place. The ground for 
inclusion of the latter is its “accidental” 
occurrence in Greenland. Otherwise it is 
an “introduced” species, well established, as 
in the case of the Sparrow. The circum- 
stance that man was the agent of transpor- 
tation of one or more individuals, rather 
than a gale of wind or an iceberg, is a 
minor circumstance as compared with the 
fact that both species are now members of 
the North American avifauna, to be reckoned 
with in any sort of regional study under- 
taken — faunistic, ecologic or economic. The 
English Sparrow, and all other birds of like 
status, should be regularly included in all 
our lists, along with the so-called native 
species. 
Every citizen of California interested in 
conservation of wild life owes it to him- 
self and to other conservationists both 
within and without the legislature to keep 
close tab on what is going on at Sacra- 
mento, so that aid may be given at critical 
moments. The newspapers cannot fully or 
adequately report the news in particular 
provinces. Attention is called to Franklin 
Hichborn’s “Bulletin of the 1915 Session of 
the California Legislature”, which will be 
issued every week that the California legis- 
lature is actually in session, and which will 
give some consideration to game conserva- 
tion hills. Mr. Hichborn should be addressed 
at 416 J Street, Sacramento, California. 
A letter has been received from Mr. Allan 
Brooks, dated October 27, 1914, and sent 
from the encampment on Salisbury Plain, 
England. Mr. Brooks has a commission as 
Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Canadian 
Contingent. 
On Friday evening, November 20, 1914, 
Mr. William L. Finley, State Game Warden 
of Oregon, lectured to a large and appreci- 
ative audience In Room 101 California Hall, 
University of California, his subject being 
“Our Children and the Birds”. The lecture 
was illustrated by five reels of motion pic- 
tures secured by Mr. Finley and assistants 
in Oregon during the season of 1914. The 
subjects included: Children building and 
placing Audubon Society bird houses, house 
cat devouring a song bird, children rearing 
a brood of orphaned bluebirds, activities of 
two bear cubs and three mountain lion kit- 
tens. a visit to the lake region of south- 
eastern Oregon showing the nesting and 
young of Wilson Snipe and White Pelicans 
and the mating antics of the Western 
Grebe, and a visit to Three Arch Rocks off 
the coast of Oregon. The set comprises 
the educational film series of the Oregon 
State Fish and Game Commission. The 
same pictures were shown at an open meet- 
ing of the Southern Division of the Cooper 
Club on November 17. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
October. — The regular meeting of the 
Southern Division was held at the Museum 
of History, Science and Art, Thursday even- 
ing, October 29, 1914. President Law was 
in the Chair and the following members 
were present : Messrs. Chambers, Daggett, 
Hegner, Howell, Swarth, and Wyman. Vis- 
itors were, Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Richards, Miss 
Germain, and Mr. A. B. Dickinson. The 
minutes of the September meeting were 
read and approved, followed by the reading 
of the Northern Division minutes for Sep- 
tember and October. 
New members elected were: Miss Ida G. 
Jenkins, Roxbury, Massachusetts; W. H. 
Alkire, Hollywood; and E. F. Averill, Pen- 
dleton, Oregon. A motion was passed adr 
mitting to membership those persons voted 
upon at the last Northern Division meeting. 
