THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVII 
168 
THE CONDOR 
A Magazine of 
Western Ornithology- 
Published Bi-Monthly by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
J. GRINNELL, Editor 
HARRY S. SWARTH. Associate Editor 
J. EUGENE LAW 1 _ . 
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Hollywood, California: Published July 20, 1915 
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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
For the first time 
in the history of the 
organization, a reg- 
ular congress of the 
American Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union has 
convened in western 
North America. On Monday evening, May 
17, 1915, the Thirty-third Stated Meeting of 
the Union was called to order in the rooms 
of the California Academy of Sciences, in 
San Francisco. This, the formal session of 
the Fellows, was devoted to the transaction 
of general business. Dr. A. K. Fisher pre- 
sided, with the following Fellows present: 
Dr. Jonathan Dwight, of New York; Dr. A. 
K. Fisher, of Washington; Professor W. K. 
Fisher, of Stanford; Dr. Joseph Grinnell, of 
the University of California; Mr. Leverett 
M. Loomis, of San Francisco; Mr. Joseph 
Mailliard, of San Francisco; Dr. T. S. Pal- 
mer, of Washington; Dr. C. Hart Merriam, 
of Washington; Mr. John H. Sage, of Port- 
land, Connecticut; Dr. Witmer Stone, of 
Philadelphia; and Mr. Otto Widmann, of St. 
Louis. 
On the following three days the public 
sessions, those of general interest, were 
held in a centrally located auditorium on 
the Exposition grounds. There was an 
average attendance of 50 members of the 
A. O. U. and of the Cooper Ornithological 
Club, with many visitors. The following 
program of papers was presented. 
Tuesday forenoon. May 18. 
1. “Notes on the Life-history of Pen- 
guins, with Special Reference to the Origin 
of Certain Instincts”; with superb lantern 
slides; by Robert Cushman Murphy, of 
Brooklyn. 
2. “Oregon Bird-life in Motion Pictures”; 
the latest successes in motion photography; 
by William L. Finley, of Portland, Oregon. 
Lunch was served to the A. O. U. and 
their friends at the Inside Inn, on the Ex- 
position Grounds. 
Tuesday afternoon, May 18. 
3. “Philadelphia to the Coast in Early 
Days, and the Development of Ornithology 
Prior to 1850”; by Dr. Witmer Stone, of 
Philadelphia. 
4. “In Memoriam — Theodore Nicholas 
Gill”; by Dr. T. S. Palmer, of Washington. 
5. “The Migration of Albatrosses and 
Petrels”; by Mr. Leverett Mills Loomis, of 
San Francisco; discussion by Dr. T. S. 
Palmer, and Messrs. Murphy, Nichols and 
Loomis. 
6. “A Late Nesting Record for the Cali- 
fornia Woodpecker”; by Mrs. Harriet Wil- 
liams Myers, of Los Angeles. 
7. “The Average Age of the Herring 
Gull”; by Mr. John Treadwell Nichols, of 
New York City. 
Dinner in the evening for all members of 
the A. O. U. and C. O. C„ and their invited 
friends, at the Clift Hotel. Between fifty 
and sixty were present and the occasion 
was a most happy one. 
Wednesday forenoon, May 19. 
8. “Puzzling Immature Plumages of 
Some Birds”; by Dr. Jonathan Dwight, of 
New York City; discussion by Messrs. 
Loomis and Dwight. 
9. “The Shore-birds of California”; illus- 
trated by a long series of artistic lantern 
slides; by W. Leon Dawson, of Santa Bar- 
bara. 
10. “The Pacific Coast Races of Thry- 
ornanes bewicki ”; by Mr. Harry S. Swarth, 
of Los Angeles; read by title. 
Lunch served to the A. O. U. and C. O. C. 
at the Chinese restaurant in the Food Pro- 
ducts building. 
Wednesday afternoon, May 19. 
11. “Birds of the Grand Canyon, Ari- 
zona”; by Dr. T. S. Palmer, of Washington. 
12. The Salisbury wild life motion pic- 
tures, presented, with comments, by Dr. 
Harold C. Bryant, of Berkeley. 
THE PACIFIC 
COAST MEETING 
OF THE AMERICAN 
ORNITHOLOGISTS' 
UNION 
