July, [ 906 | 
NOTES AND NEWS 
IOI 
THE CONDOR 
An Illustrated Mag'azine 
of "Western OrnitHolog'y 
Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithologi- 
cal Club of California 
JOSEPH GRINNELL. Editor. - Pasadena 
H. T. CLIFTON, Business Manager, Box 404, Pasadena 
WILLIAM L. FINLEY f 
R.OBT. E. SNODGRASS 
Associate Editors 
Pasadena, California: Published July 15, 1906 
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NOTES AND NEWS 
A very unfortunate accident which might 
easily have resulted even more seriously has 
incapacitated Mr. Wm. L. Finley' for further 
camera work this summer. Messrs. Finley and 
Holliman went to San Clemente Island on 
May 2 ist, and the next day were provided with 
horses by the sheep-herders resident on the 
Island. A search was begun in the afternoon 
for the purpose of locating bald eagle and 
osprey nests in convenient positions for photo- 
graphing. Finley had found a satisfactory 
eagles’ nest, and was on his way hack at a rapid 
gait to intercept Bohlman, when the horse he 
was riding stumbled and fell headlong, throw- 
ing Finley violently face downward against the 
ground. His lower jaw was fractured in two 
places, several teeth broken, tongue and face 
badly lacerated, and left wrist sprained, be- 
sides numerous lesser bruises. With all this 
injury, Finley was able to remount his horse 
and get back to camp where Bohlman found 
him and took him in charge. A launch ride 
of twenty-five miles at night over a rough sea 
to Avalon, and the steamer and railroad trip 
to a Los Angeles hospital the next day, were 
followed by the sewing up of wounds and set- 
ting of bones without the use of anaesthetics. 
This is surely a case of Grit! The hardships 
and risks entailed in obtaining the photos and 
life histories which have appeared in The 
Condor and other magazines are scarcely real- 
izable by the comfortable reader. And yet 
they are not feared by the field naturalist, 
whose very enthusiasm seems to render him 
blind to dangers. Finley, who is now mend- 
ing rapidly, says: “We have had to give up 
the eagles for this year, but I’ll get them yet. 
I believe there are great chances on Clemente.’’ 
Mr. Robert E. Snodgrass, who was in San 
Francisco at the time of the disaster and lost 
nearly all his possessions, is back at his old 
home in Ontario, San Bernardino County. He 
is doing some line drawings of birds and nests, 
fora forth-coming book by Jordan and Kel- 
logg- 
The Audubon Society of California was for- 
mally organized at the Los Angeles Chamber 
of Commerce, May 31, 1906. This regular 
State organization will cooperate with the 
National Committee of Audubon Societies at 
New York, and also have general supervision 
over the work of the local societies. An im- 
portant meeting is planned for the early au- 
tumn when a definite plan of work will be 
decided upon. The officers elected at the in- 
itial meeting were: President, David Starr 
Jordan; Vice-President*, Prof. C. F. Holder 
and Dr. F. W. D’Fvelvn; Secretary, W. Scott 
Way. It is the purpose of this organization to 
further the protection of onr native birds in 
every wav possible, to distribute educational 
leaflets among our schools, and to acquaint 
young people with bird-life in general, so that 
it may be respected and cherished. A very 
commendable endeavor is^that toAirge the es- 
tablishment of forest reserves as game refuges, 
where no hunting whatever will be allowed at 
any time. 
We learn that the “Auk Index” is in the 
hands of the printer. The work was compiled 
under the direction of Dr. Dwight who has 
been occupied upon it for several years. Its 
great value is realized by those who have had 
to search for records of a bird thru the indexes 
of the 30 volumes of The Auk which have ap- 
peared up to 1906, a tedious process when it 
has to be often repeated. 
Directory of Members of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club 
Revised to June i, 1906 
l Residence in California unless otherwise stated. Year 
following name signifies date of election.) 
HONORARY MEMBERS 
Belding, Lyman, .Stockton. 1896. 
Ridgway, Robert, 3413 13th St., N. F., Brook- 
land, D. C. 1905. 
ACTIVE MEMBERS 
Adams, Ernest, Clipper Gap, Placer Co. 1896. 
Anderson, Malcolm P., care of British Consul, 
Nagasaki, Japan. 1901, 
