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 104 THE CONDOR Vol. XIX THE CONDOR Western Ornithology Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithological Club J. GRINNELL, Editor HARRY S. SWARTH, Associate Editor J. EUGENE LAW } Business ManaR'ers W. LEE CHAMBERS Hollywood, California: Published June 1, 1917 SUBSGRIPTION RATES One Dollar and Fifty Cents per Year in the United States, payable in advance. Thirty Cents the single copy. One Dollar and Seventy-five Cents per Year in all other countries in the International Postal Union. COOPER CLUB DUES Two DolIs per year for members residing in the Uuited States. Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents in all other countries. Manuscripts for publication, and Books and Papers for Review, should be sent to the Editor, J. Grinnell, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Cali- fornia, Berkeley, California. Claims for missing or imperfect numbers should be made of the Business Manager, as addressed below, within thirty days of date of issue. Cooper Club Dues, Subscriptions to The Condor, and Exchanffes, should be sent to the Business Manager. Address W. Lee Chambers, Business Manager, lagle Rock, Los Angeles County, California. EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS It may prove stimulative to western bird students to know something of the ornitho- logical work in progress among their fel- lows. The following data gathered by the Editor are not likely to be anywhere near complete, and further information is desira- ble, particularly from persons not here men- tioned. Mr. Edward R. Warren, of Colorado Springs, has in preparation an extended pa- per on the life history of the White-tailed Ptarmigan in Colorado. Mr. George Willett is working toward the compilation of a pop- ular handbook on the birds of southern Cali- fornia, an extension in scope of Avifauna No. 7. Dr. T. S. Palmer, of the Biological Sur- vey, Washington, has for some time inter- ested himsel in the biographies of Ameri- can ornithologists. In his researches in the annals of western ornithology he has come across some interesting information in re- gard to the routes of such early field work- ers in California as Gambel, Heermann and Kennerly. All this information it is planned to present in a series of articles. Dr. Pal- mer is also making a nomenclatural study of the various names applied to the Red- breasted Sapsucker. Dr. W. H. Bergtold, of Denver, is making an elaborate investiga- tion of the period of incubation in birds. Mr. Aretas A. Saunders is preparing a state list of the birds of Montana which will probably be published as one of the Cooper Club Avi- fauna series. Mr. George Finlay Simmons, o'f Houston, Texas, is engaged in working up the birds of the Austin region for publica- tion by the University of Texas. Dr. Harry C. Oberholser, of the Biological Survey, Washington, has practically finished a com- prehensive report on the birds of Texas, the early publication of which is looked forward to with interest by kll those who know of Mr. Oberholser's painstaking methods of work. Dr. L. H. Miller, of Los Angeles, has in preparation an exhaustive report on the Avifauna of the Rancho La Brea, summariz- ing all that he has learned during his sev- eral years study of that wonderful fossil de- posit. Mr. Donald R. Dickey, of Pasadena, is making a study of the California Jay with special respect to its feeding habits and its relation to other birds through the destruc- tion of their eggs and young. This is to be illustrated by a number of remarkable pic- tures showing the jays in action. Mr. E. M. Anderson, of Victoria, B.C., is continuing his field work in British Columbia, with a view to ultimately compiling a fully anno- tated list of the birds of that province. Mr. J. E. Law is working up the systematic stat- us o'f the Cliff Swallow in the West, and of the Palmer Thrasher in Arizona and Sono- ra. Mr. J. L. Sloanaker, of Kallispell, Mon- tana, is assembling information concerning the birds of Flathead County, supplement- ary to that already published by other au- thors. Mr. H. S. Swarth, of the staff of the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, is revising the systematic status of the brown towhees and of the jays of the genus Aphelocoma. Dr. H. C. Bryant, continues his work on food of various California birds; just now the ducks are claiming his atten- tion. Mr. T. I. Storer is occupied with a study of the Natural History of the Yose- mite region. Dr. J. Grinnell is collaborating with Mr. Storer in his work on the Yosemite natural history, and is also putting 'much time on a second installment of his biblio- graphy of California ornithology. We are indebted to Mr. J. Eugene Law for getting up the Cooper Club membership list appearing in this issue. There is a total of 601 names. In compiling this roster each name has been cited as its owner usually signs it (except that titles, "Prof.", "Dr.", etc., are inserted between surname and giv- en names) rather than 10y any consistent scheme of using one or all given names in full, or only the initials. Members are re- quested to notify J. Eugene Law, Business Manager, Hollywood, California, of any er- rors or changes in name or address.