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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVI 
THE CONDOR 
A. Mag'azine of 
"Western OrnitKolog'y 
Published Bi-Monthly by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
J. GRINNELL. Editor. Berkeley. CaLlifornia 
HARRY S. SWARTH. AssociaLte Editor 
J. EUGENE LAW „ 
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Hollywood, California: Pnirlished January 20, 1914 
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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
The friends of Mr. Joseph Dixon are relieved 
to learn that he with his party is safely housed 
for the winter on the Arctic shore of Alaska, 
near Demarcation Point. Letters were hrought 
overland by sledge to Circle City during Oc- 
tober and November. The latest letter was 
dated October 16. and reports everyone well 
and steps already under way towards carrying 
on winter collecting. 
Mr. P. B. Peabody, of Blue Rapids, Kan- 
sas, is putting the finishing touches on his 
bird-book entitled "Nesting Ways”. There re- 
main, however, several western birds concern- 
ing which additional facts are needed, to bring 
the accounts to a uniform and satisfactory 
state of completeness. The author will be 
grateful for facts relative to any of these : 
Black Swift, Peale Ealcon, Nevada Cowhird, 
Suisun Song Sparrow, Gray Titmouse, Califor- 
nia Sage Sparrow, Monterey Hermit Thrush, 
and Salt Marsh Yellowthroat. 
Southeastern Alaska received an unusual 
amount of ornithological attention the past 
year. That most remote of the southeastern 
fringe of islands, Forrester Island, was stud- 
ied for three months by Dr. Harold Heath, of 
Stanford University. While Mr. George Wil- 
lett explored several of the islands in the vi- 
cinity of Sitka. Reports from each of these 
field-observers are promised for future pub- 
lication in The Condor. 
On the afternoon of November 6, 1913, 
the IMuseum of History, Science, and Art, in 
Exposition Park, Los Angeles, was formally 
opened to the public, the culmination of a 
series of events which have been followed 
with closest interest by the Southern Divi- 
sion of the Cooper Ornithological Club. 
This dedication formed part of a two days 
general celebration by the city of Los Ange- 
les, marking the completion of the Owens 
River aqueduct, the exercises of the second 
day centering at Exposition Park. The other 
structures in the park, the State E-xposition 
Building and the Armory, were also dedi- 
cated during the afternoon, though their up 
finished condition precludes their immediate 
use by the public ; and the site of the great 
memorial fountain which it is proposed to 
erect, was the scene of additional exercises. 
After the ceremonies the Museum was 
thrown open for two hours, during which 
time it was inspected by about 4500 visitors. 
A reception was held by the Board of Gov- 
ernors in the evening, attended by about a 
thousand invited guests. 
Although this date marks the formal dedi- 
cation of the institution, two of the three 
wings, dealing with the natural sciences and 
with history, respectively, had been inform- 
ally receiving visitors for nine months pre- 
viously. The steadily augmenting numbers 
of these visitors, ranging from 300 to 1000 on 
Sundays, with a sudden jump to nearly 7000 
on the Fourth of July, is sufficient indication 
of the place the institution is occupying in 
the life of the city. The added attractions 
of the art gallery have produced a marked 
increase in the attendance since the opening ; 
altogether the number of people visiting the 
Iniilding, despite its location so far from the 
center of town, is encouraging evidence of 
its appreciation by the general public. 
The Southern Division has not been slow 
to avail itself of the advantages afforded by 
the Cooper Club’s connection with the 
Museum. Most of the Division’s meetings 
are held in the building, and several of the 
members have placed their collections here 
as an eminently secure place of deposit ; on 
the other hand, a number of the e.xhibition 
cases have liecn filled with gifts received 
from various of our members. 
The city of Los Angeles owes a debt of 
gratitude to Mr. W. M. Bowen, president of 
the Museum’s board of governors, as it is 
largely to his untiring labors for some years 
past that not only the Museum, but the en- 
tire Exposition Park, with everything in- 
cluded therein, was preserved to the people. 
The Cooper Club is under no less a debt to 
l\Ir. Howard Robertson, our representative 
on the Museum’s governing board, who ably 
seconded Air. Bowen in his labors, and who 
clearly perceived the many ways in which 
the Aiuseum and the Club could be mutually 
helpful and beneficial. — H. S. S. 
COAIAIUNICATION 
A COI.LECTOR in south AMERICA 
Editor The Condor: 
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Junin, Peru, some few weeks since. Am now 
