May, 1914 THE COOPER CLUB MEMBER AND SCIENTIFIC WORK 107 
zation of science will still further justify it. In our own case, it is the one 
fundamental way of attaining our second ideal — the spread of interest in bird 
study. Why truths must be couched in language that only a few can under- 
stand is incomprehensible. If it is necessary that scientific treatises on birds 
be of a technical nature then they should be paralleled in every case with a 
popular account. The spread of interest in bird study comes from such popu- 
lar accounts and not from technical reports framed by and for the specialist. 
In conclusion let me suggest that, if you have not done so, you add to the 
simple pleasure that comes to you through bird study the scientific spirit 
which urges us to use scientific method in our work. The aim of the scientist 
is to make “durable, trustworthy records of natural phenomena.” The 
method, according to Minot, is first to record truly everything dealing with the 
phenomenon itself. Here is work for the amateur. Second, to verify and cor- 
relate the personal knowledges until they acquire impersonal validity. Here 
is work for the professional. I hope, therefore, that in this review each mem- 
ber has been able to recognize a niche suited to his personal ability and inclina- 
tion, in which to work and to become useful in the gathering of facts concern- 
ing wild-life. Just as soon as you find such a place to work, and adopt such 
ideals towards which to strive, just so soon you become a scientist in the true 
sense of the word and as a result become a more useful member of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club. 
Let me close with this quotation of Coward’s from his “Migration of 
Birds”, as an added inspiration to do productive scientific work: “But put- 
ting aside economic and utilitarian considerations there is to some of us a 
greater stimulus to solve the problems of nature. With the birds, and the in- 
sects and plants upon which they feed, we share a common heritage, and the 
more we learn of the life of these, our fellow-workers, the nearer we approach 
solution of the great riddle of the Universe, the mysterious law-abiding scheme 
of Nature. The book of knowledge to which we add some iota is marred with 
mystery, superstition and. error, but each proved fact cleans its pages. ‘Pacts’, 
says Laing, ‘are the spokes of the ladder by Avhich we climb from earth to 
heaven.’ ” 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California, l^farcJi ig, igig.. 
BIRD NOTES PROM NETARTS BAY, OREGON 
By STANLEY G. JEWETT 
WITH FIVE PHOTOGRAPHS BY O. .1. MURIE 
T he POLLOWING notes were taken at Netarts Bay and along the sea- 
coast north of Netarts postoffice to Cape Meares Lighthouse, in Tilla- 
mook County, Otegon, during four visits to that locality for the purpose 
of collecting specimens and securing data on the birds found along that part 
of the Oregon coast. This work has been carried on by the Oregon Pish and 
Game Commission under the direction of William L. Finley, State Game War- 
den. The plan is to make a thorough biological survey of the state and build 
up a careful scientific collection of birds and mammals. 
The first visit, September 1st to September 11th, 1912, Mr. M. E. Peck, of 
Willamette University, Oregon, and I ivere in the field continually for ten 
