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 72 TH CONDOR Vol. XVIII ing birds' eggs, as, according to official reports, we once did have in Santa Bar- bara, we will have an institution which keeps for the inspection of all a represen- tation of each species. One set of eggs, under the centralized museum plan, will do the work of three hundred sets under the old wasteful, haphazard method. These important ends can only be secured by concerted, cooperative effort. And if Santa Barbara stands chiefly to benefit by this movement, we may urge that we are doing our full duty in providing the plant and in dedicating it to the larger use. It is for Science to realize its opportunity and privilege and to accept our hospitality, not a whit less genuine because our friends are asked to provide a part of the entertainment. The wider cooperation of which we have spoken is to be sought in a variety of ways. In the first place, we already have an important body of well-wishers, between fifty and sixty in number, organized as a Board of isitors. ' This Board will act in an advisory capacity to the new institution, and its members are pledged to further the interests of the Museran of Comparative O1ogy in any way not conflicting with their own. The names given below, then, rather repre- sent than embody the larger scientific interest, for they are but a few of hun- dreds, although these are men and women eminent in ornithological science, edu- cators, and persons of affairs, as well as special authorities upon oology, and prominent collectors, who might reasonably be expected to interest themselves in such a co/perative institution. BOARD OF VISITORS OF THE MUSEUM OF COMPARATIVE OOLOGY Miss Annie M. Alexander William Frederic Bade R. Magoon Barnes A. C. Bent J. H. Bowles Rev. William A. Brewer Capt. Allan Brooks Harold C. Bryant H. W. Carriger W. Lee Chambers John Lewis Childs E. J. Court William H. Crocker Donald R. Dickey Barton W. Evermann W. L. Finley W. K. Fisher Joseph Grinnell O. W. Howard A. B. Howell J. Warren Jacobs Lynds Jones David Starr Jordan J. Eugene Law Joseph Mailliard G. Frean Morcom Mrs. Harriet W. Myers T. Gilbert Pearson J. R. Pemberton ' Milton S. Ray T. W. Richards Robert Ridgway Miss Ellen B. Scripps Clarence S. Sharp Miss Althea R. Sherman Robert W. Shufeldt O. P. Silliman John O. Snyder Harry S. Swarth Percy A. Taverner Col. John E. Thayer W. E. Clyde Todd Ray Lyman Wilbur Frank C. Willard George Willett Santa Barbara Members: Miss Charlotte Bowditch Rev. Dr. Chas. E. Deuel Rev. G. P. Miss Gretchen Libby A. C. Olney A. P. Redington Col. Willis M. Slosson E. S. Spaulding A. H. Vilas Miss Donna I. Youmans For those who because of our pleasant embarrassment of riches in the way of friends could not be elected to membership on the Board of Visitors, we have devised a careful schedule of affiliated orders which should mark the various practicable degrees of desired coiiperation. Of these an order of Fellows takes highest rank, comprising as it does those who donate or bequeath their life collections to the Museum of Comparative 0iilogy, and who render her exclusive service. Then come Patron Collectors, Field Members, and Exchange Members, each with specified obligations and privileges. In a plan so far-reaching and inclusive, it is obviously impossible to touch upon all the details in this connection. The financial support of this institution is provided by an order of Patrons of the Museum of Comparative 051ogy, and the members of this order naturally