158 
THE CONDOR 
Vo i,. VIII 
evening was given up to ornithological chat. 
Adjourned. 
J. Eugene Daw, Secretary. 
Speciai, Meeting. — Residence of 0. W. 
Howard; Aug. 31, 1906. Meeting was called to 
order by President Howard with members Mor 
com, Grinnell, Lelande, Clifton, Willett, Ed. 
Howard, Watson, Rising, Colburn, William- 
son, Hanna, Feudge, Taylor, Cosper, and Law 
present, and Messrs. Sandburg, 'fully, Peter- 
son and Harris visiting. 
The minutes of the last meeting, Aug. 2, 
were read and approved. 
A letter from Mr. W. Scott Way, Secretary 
of the Audubon Society was read, calling the 
attention of the Cooper Club to the killing of 
a condor at Santa Monica, and to the inade- 
quacy of the fine imposed. Also suggesting 
that probably the guilty person had suffered no 
penalty. After thoro discussion, the Secretary 
was instructed to write Mr. Way that the mem- 
bers of the Cooper Club present at this meeting 
were strongly in favor of protecting the condor 
in every way possible, and that while evervone 
agreed that the #5.00 fine imposed was entirely 
inadequate to punish the offense committed, 
that particular case is of cour-e beyond review. 
I11 regard to who were the guilt}' parties in this 
case, members of our club have satisfied them- 
selves that the fine fell on the guilty party. 
This closed the business of the evening, and 
those present were then ushered into a room 
filled with ornithological rarities. A large 
table was completely covered with rare nests in 
situ , with the eggs. Many sets were shown 
which had never been seen before by any of 
those present. Among others were nests and 
eggs of: American avocet 11-4, black-necked 
stilt 11-4, 11-4, killdeer 11-3, 11-4, western gull 11-3, 
marsh hawk n-5, n-6, California clapper rail 
n-8, Virginia rail 11-8, American coot 11-9, 
Florida* gallinule n-10, burrowing owl n-6, 
mountain partridge n-9, California partridge 
11-13, mountain chickadee 11-7, California creeper 
n-6, white-headed woodpecker 11-5, Gairdner 
woodpecker 11-3’, Louisiana tanager n-4, n-4, 
Cassin vireo 11-4, black-headed grosbeak 11-3, 
hermit warbler 11-3, 11-4, Audubon warbler 11-4, 
11-5, Macgillivray warbler 11-4, pileolated war- 
bler 11-4, dusky w'arbler 11-4, western yellow- 
throat 11-3, western golden-crowmed kin gletn-4, 
Townsend solitaire 11-1, red-breasted nuthatch 
n-2, gray flycatcher 11-4, 11-4, olive-sided fly- 
catcher 11-3, n-4, Cassin purple finch 11-4, 11-5, 
spurred towliee 11-4, green-tailed towhee n-3, 
11-3, .Santa Barbara song sparrow- n-4, San Cle- 
mente song sparrow- n-3, .Sail Clemente Is. 
Bell sparrow- 11-3, Lincoln sparrow n-5, thick- 
billed sparrow n-3, western chipping sparrow 
11-4, Thurber junco 11-4, island horned lark 11-4, 
western meadow lark n-6, red-winged black- 
bird n-6, bicolored blackbird 11-4, lazuli bunt- 
ing 11-3, ruddy duck n-14, fulvous tree duck 
11-9, cinnamon teal n-11, green-winged teal n-9. 
Mr. Howard spent some time telling about 
each take, giving a very interesting description 
of some of his experiences. After a thoro ex- 
amination of specimens another surprise came 
in the form of refreshments daintily served by 
Mesdames von Barnweld and Lelande, and 
Miss Pauline Howard. Every member of the 
Club will long remember this evening as one 
of the most enjoyable of bird evenings. 
J. Eugene Law, Secretary. 
October. — Office of H. J. Lelande, City 
Hall, Los Angeles. The regular monthly 
meeting of the Cooper Ornithological Club was 
called to ‘order by President Howard, Wednes- 
day evening, Oct. 3, 1906, with members Le- 
lande, Morcom, Judson, Zahn, Antonin Jay, 
Newcombe, Willett and Law present, and Pro- 
fessor Gilbert of Los Angeles High School, 
visiting. 
The' minutes of the last meeting were read 
and approved. The application of C. B. [fin- 
ton of National City, California, for admission 
to membership in the Club w-as proposed by 
Mr. Robertson and on motion by Mr. Morcom, 
the application was filed to be brought up for 
final action at the next regular meeting. 
On motion by Mr. Zahn and seconded by 
Mr. Morcom, Messrs. Lelande and Law were 
appointed a committee to make arrangements 
for the outing meeting to be held Oct. 27 and 
28 in the vicinity of Newport, California. Ad- 
journed. 
J. Eugene Law-, Secretary. 
E I ) I T O R [ A L A N N O U N C E M E N T 
The Condor during 1907 will continue to 
publish fresh western ornithology. We would 
like to make the issues larger, as w-ell as better 
in quality. Both improvements depend upon 
Cooper Club members. The appearance of The 
Condor reflects Club interest. Financial sup- 
port is a prerequisite to editorial success, but it 
is not the sole thing we demand. We must 
have more articles. With a membership of 
over 200 people, twenty-five per cent of whom 
are making original observations of greater or 
less extent every year, it seems incredible that 
so few respond when asked for articles. During 
the past year we have published every single 
paper handed us, with the exception of one 
which was too long, and two more which were 
too trashy to print. We have now on hand for 
the first issue of volume IX, the second part of 
Finley’s condor article with 10 superb photos, 
and a clever magpie article from Warren, be- 
sides one or two minor things. These are 
dandy as far as they go, but aren't half enough 
for one issue. All you Cooper Club members, 
limber up your pen-fingers! Send in articles , 
long or short, with or without illustrations. 
And receive in return the thanks of the editor, 
and a sense of satisfaction in having contributed 
to ornithology. 
