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 Jan., 1915 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 61 THE CONDOR A Magazine of Western Ornithology Publlsked Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Omltholoical Club J. GRINNELL. Editor, Berkeley, Cxlifornia HARRY S. SWARTH, Associate Editor J. EVGENE LAW  Business Maaiers W. LEE CHAMBEK5 J Hollywood, California: Published Jan. 30, 1915 SUBSCI%IPTION RATES One Dollar and Fifty Cents per Year in the United States, Canada, Mexico aud U.S. Colonies, payable in advance Thifiy Cents the single copy. One Dollar and Seventy-five Cents per Year it] all other countries in the International ?ostal Union. COOPER CLUB DUES Two Dollars per' year for menlbers residing in the United States. Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents in all other countries. Claims for 'missing or imperfect numbers should be made within thirty days of date of issue. Subscriptions and Exchanges should be sent to the Business Manager. Mu. nuscrlpta for publication. and Books and Pu. pers for review, should be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rates on application. EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS We wonder why the English Sparrow, now of greater abundance and wider distribu- tion in North America than any other bird species, should be left off the A. O. U. Check-List, when, for instance, the Star- ling is given formal place. The ground for inclusion of the latter is its "accidental" occurrence in Greenland. Otherwise it is an "introduced" species, well established, as in the case of the Sparrow. The circum- stance that man was the agent of transpor- tation of one or more individuals, rather than a gale of wind or an iceberg, is a mior circumstance as compared vith the fact that both species are now members of the North American avifauna, to be reckoned with in any sort of regional study under- taken--faunistic, ecologic or economic. The English Sparrow, and all other birds of like status, should be regularly included in all our lists, along with the so-called native species. Every citizen of California interested in conservation of wild life owes it to him- self and to other conservationists both within and without the legislature to keep close tab on what is going on at Sacra- mento, so that aid may be given at critical moments. The newspapers cannot fully or adequately report the news in particular provinces. Attention is called to Franklin Itichborn's "Bulletin of the 1915 Session of the California Legislature", which will be issued every week that the California legis- lattre is actually in session, and which will give some consideration to game conserra- (ion bills. Mr. Hichborn should be addressed at 416 J Street, Sacramento, California. A letter has been received from Mr. Allan Breoks, dated October 27, 1914, and sent from the encampment on Salisbury Plain, England. Mr. Brooks has a commission as Lieutenant in the 9th Battalion, Canadian Contingent. O Friday evening, November 20, 1914, Mr. William L. Finley, State Game Warden of Oregon, lectured to a large and appreci- ative audience in Room 101 California Hall, University of California, his subject being "Our Children and the Birds". The lecture was illustrated by five reels of motion pic- tures secured by Mr, Finley and assistants in Oregon during the season of 1914. The subjects included: Children building and placing Audubon Society bird houses, house cat devouring a song bird, children rearing a brood'of orphaned bluebirds, activities of two bear cubs and three mountain lion kit- tens. a visit to the lake region of south- eastern Oregon showing the nesting and yeung of Wilson Snipe and White Pelicans and the mating antics of the Western Grebe, and a visit to Three Arch Rocks off the coast of Oregon. The set comprises thc educational film series of the Oregon State Fish and Game Commission. The same pictures were shown at an open meet- ing ef the Southern Division of the Cooper Club on November 17. MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS SOUTIIERN DIVISION OcToaEa.--The regular meeting of the Southern Division was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, Thursday even- ing, October 29, 1914. President Law was in the Chair and the following members were present:' Messrs. Chambers, Daggett, Hegner, Howell, Swarth, and Wyman. Vis- itors were, Mrs. Mullen, Mrs. Richards, Miss Germain, and Mr. A. B. Dickinson. The minutes of the September meeting were read and approved, followed by the reading of the Northern Division minutes for Sep- tember and October. New members elected were: Miss Ida G. Jenkins, Roxbury, Massachusetts; W.H. Alkire, Hollywood; and E. F. Averill, Pen- dleton, Oregon. A motion was passed ad- mitting to membership those persons voted upon at the last Northern Division meeting.