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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVI 
THE CONDOR 
A. Magazine of 
'Western OrnitHology 
Published Bi-Monthly by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club 
J> GRINNELL, Editor, Berkeley, CsLlifornia 
HARRY S. SWARTH, Associate Editor 
J. EVGENE LAW I „ . 
W. LEE CHAMBERS / Ma.nagers 
Hollywood, California: Published Nov. 25, 1914 
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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 
A meeting of the Committee on Arrange- 
ments for the 1915 Congress of the Ameri- 
can Ornithologists’ Union in California was 
held at the residence of Mr. Joseph Mailli- 
ard in San Francisco, September 19, 1914, 
with all members present, and also Presi- 
dent A. K. Fisher. Any question of failure 
in carrying out the original plans, owing to 
the war or any other cause, was emphatical- 
ly disclaimed. A plan of publicity was out- 
lined, by which to reach all American stu- 
dents of birds with a view to clearly setting 
forth the attractions of a western itinerary 
to include the joint A. O. U. — Cooper Club 
meeting in San Francisco. For instance, it 
is proposed to organize several local field 
excursions, of interest alike to visitors from 
within our own state, and to those from 
other states. One of these would include 
the Farallon Island bird rookeries; another 
the breeding grounds of ibis, stilt, avocet, 
and ducks at Los Banos; another the Sierra 
woodlands at Lake Tahoe. Each of these 
localities, and others in mind, will by the 
latter half of May be at their height of at- 
tractiveness. The Program Committee is 
also actively at work. Members of both the 
Cooper Club and the A. O. U., having in 
mind the preparation of papers, illustrated 
or otherwise, should announce their inten- 
tions to Prof. Walter K. Fisher, Chairman, 
Palo Alto, California. 
Dr. Harold C. Bryant, Assistant Curator 
of Birds in the California Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology and President of the Northern 
Division of the Cooper Club, has been placed 
in charge of the new Bureau of Education 
just established under the auspices of the 
California Fish and Game Commission. This 
bureau will dispense information relating to 
game by means of correspondence, public 
illustrated lectures, and by the issuance of 
bulletins on the status of game. Laws, 
though necessary, are not so effective for 
the protection and preservation of game as 
an enlightened public sentiment. This new 
move of the Commission is to he heartily 
commended by all interested in conserva- 
tion, for it will hasten the day when pro- 
tective laws enforced by police patrol will 
be comparatively unnecessary. Bryant’s 
first bulletin, called “California Fish and 
Game”, appeared the last of October. The 
Bulletin will be sent free upon application 
to any citizen of California. Dr. Bryant’s 
address continues to be Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology, University of California. 
Visitors to California the past summer 
and fall have included an unusual number 
of the more prominent Eastern bird people. 
A number of Pacific Coast students had the 
privilege of meeting or renewing acquaint- 
ance with Mr. and Mrs. Vernon Bailey. Mrs. 
Bailey is, as ever, actively on the lookout 
for information additional to, or emenda- 
tory of, her already standard Handbook of 
Western Birds. Mr. E. W. Nelson made 
flying visits to many sections, from Van- 
couver to Los Angeles. Dr. C. Hart Mer- 
riam, as usual of late years, spent a few 
weeks at his delightful summer place at 
Lagunitas, Marin County. Dr. A. K. Fisher 
made a hasty reconnaissance of several 
western states in connection with the eco- 
nomic work of the United States Biological 
Survey. 
Mr. Tracy I. Storer, Secretary of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitho- 
logical Club, has been appointed to an as- 
sistant curatorship of birds in the Califor- 
nia Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. His re- 
search work will have to do with the study 
of the game birds of California already un- 
der way under the auspices of the Museum. 
At the present writing (November 9) the 
fight for non-sale of game in Califor- 
nia appears to have been lost. How- 
ever, the count of votes is still going on, 
and the final returns may switch the results 
back again. Whatever the outcome, it has 
been an up-hill contest, and great credit 
is due the officers of the California Associ- 
ated Societies, particularly its President, 
Dr. W. F. Bade, and its Secretary, Dr. W. P. 
Taylor. The latter, with a corps of helpers, 
distributed printed matter to the voters of 
the state as follows: 20,000 Western Wild 
