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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVIII 
THE CONDOR 
A Magazine of 
W estern Ornithology 
Published Bi-Monthly by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
J. GRINNELL, Editor 
HARRY S. SWARTH, Associate Editor 
J. EUGENE LAW 1 „ . 
W. LEE CHAMBERS ( BuSme “ Mana & e » 
Hollywood, California: Published July 20, 1916 
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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
Attention of persons especially interested 
in game conservation is urgently called to 
the proposed new regulations for the pro- 
tection of migratory birds, printed on this 
and following pages. Some significant 
changes will be noted when comparison is 
made with the regulations up till now in 
force. Criticisms and comments are invited 
hy the Secretary of Agriculture; these 
should be forwarded at once. 
With the departure of Mr. Walter P. Tay- 
lor to join the staff of the Biological Sur- 
vey in Washington, the ranks of Pacific 
Coast ornithologists have lost a useful 
member. While Taylor is a relatively young 
man he has already shown marked ability 
in field work and in faunistic research. But 
the particular thing which has qualified his 
activity has been his concentration upon 
the idea of wild life conservation. With a 
good equipment in general knowledge of 
natural history, and with a certain civic 
consciousness — these combined with energy 
and mental alertness — his influence as re- 
gards game and bird protection has been 
far-reaching. It is needless here to recount 
the activities of the society which he was 
mainly instrumental in founding and carry- 
ing on, and the results which were with 
greater or less success attained. References 
to files of The Condor will show many of 
his reports as Secretary of the California 
Associated Societies for the Conservation 
of Wild Life. It seems to us fortunate that 
Taylor has now entered government service 
where opportunities for just this kind of 
work would seem likely to offer in large 
measure. While for the moment we regret 
the loss of Taylor’s influence here in the 
West, we can but congratulate him upon his 
advancement in position and opportunities. 
The Cooper Club has sustained a loss in 
the death of Alphonse Jay, who died from 
injuries received in an automobile accident 
on May 25, 1916. Mr. Jay was one of the 
most active and enthusiastic of bird stu- 
dents in Los Angeles, and he will be sorely 
missed from the meetings of the Southern 
Division. 
Not long ago a group of California mem- 
bers of the Cooper Ornithological Club were 
talking informally about the current trend 
and achievements in ornithology. Some way 
or another the conversation centered on the 
relative eminence attained to among living 
ornithologists, and after much debate the 
following five were selected as foremost in 
America in point of scientific output: (1) 
R. Ridgway, (2) J. A. Allen, (3) L. Stejne- 
ger, (4) W. Stone, (5) H. C. Oberholser. It 
was further concluded, that, as interpreters 
of our science, in other words, popularizers 
of ornithology, the following had achieved 
greatest success, directly or indirectly, in 
order of merit as named: (1) Frank M. 
Chapman, (2) Florence Merriam Bailey, (3) 
John Burroughs, (4) William Dutcher, (5) 
Louis A. Fuertes. 
PROPOSED NEW REGULATIONS FOR 
THE PROTECTION OF MIGRATORY 
BIRDS 
Pursuant to the provision of the act of 
March 4, 1913, authorizing and directing the 
Department of Agriculture to adopt suita- 
ble regulations prescribing and fixing closed 
seasons for migratory birds (37 Stat., 847), 
having due regard to zones of temperature, 
breeding habits, and times and lines of mi- 
gratory flight, the Department of Agricul- 
ture has prepared and hereby makes pub- 
lic, for examination and consideration be- 
fore final adoption, the following regula- 
tions : 
Regulation 1. Definitions. 
For the purposes of these regulations the 
