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 94 THE CONDOR Vol. XX THE CONDOR A Magazine of reatern Ornitlology Published -Monty by the Cooper Ornltholoc Club J. GRINNELL, Etor HAZY S. SWARTH, Assoete Etor J. EUGENE LA ) W. LEE CHAMBERS Buess Mgers Holl)'wood, California: Published Mar. 20, 1918 SUDSCRIPTION 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 Uniou. COOPER CLUB DUES Two Dollars per year for members residing in the United 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 Exchanges, should be sent to the Business Manager. Address W. Lee Chambers, Business Manager, Eagle Rock, Los Angeles County, California. EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS The following individuals, members of the Cooper Club, either now or formerly, are known to the editors of THE CONDOR as having entered into military service. There are doubtless others to be added to the list; regarding these we solicit informa- tion, to the end that our war service records be kept up to date. We propose to use this column for revised lists from time to time. Albert L. Barrows, First Lieutenant, In- fantry, National Army, Camp Lewis, Wash- ington. Allan Brooks, Major, Second Army School of Sniping, British Expeditionary Forces in France. Charles L. Camp, First Lieutenant, Field Artillery, in France. Edward A. Goldman, Major, Sanitary Corps, National Army. F. Harvey Holden, Captain, Coast Artil- lery, National Army. Remington Kellogg, Engineers (Forest), in France. Joseph Kittredge, Jr., First 'Lieutenant, Engineers (Forest), in France. Charles A. Kofoid, Major, Sanitary Corps, National Army. Sidney B. Peyton, Machine Gun Company, Camp Kearny, California. John C. Phillips, Medical Corps, Fort Ben- jamin Harrison, Indiana. George W. Schussler, Camp Lewis, Ameri- can Lake, Washington. Alfred C. Shelton, Base Hospital, Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. Tracy 'I. Storer, Base Hospital, Camp Lewis, American Lake, Washington. Adriaan van Rossem, Camp Lewis, Amer- ican Lake, ashington. John P. Young, Captain, Camp Dix, New Jersey. Those who collect bird-skins would great- ly enhance the scientific value of their spe- cimens if they would determine correctly the age of their birds. This is possible with passefine birds, and some others, up to the eighth or tenth month of their age by obser- 'vation of the condition of the skull. An ex- cellent demonstration of this method is giv- en by Mr. James P. Chapin in his paper on The Classification of the Weaver-Birds (Bull. Amer. Mus. Nat. Hist., vol. 37, 1917, p. 258, fig. 9). Mr. Chapin's paper also serves to show how important it may be in correctly diagnosing species and higher groups to know the effects of age on plum- age and dimensions of parts. Dr. Jonathan Dwight is now putting into final shape for publication a monographic revision of the North American juncos, up- on which he has been engaged for some years past. With such a wide diversity of opinions as expressed in the last two au- thoritative treatments of the genus--Ridg- way, in part i of his Birds of North and Middle America, and the A. O. U. Check-List --another careful analysis of the facts, espe- cially if put forth as a special study rather than part of a more general work, will be welcomed by all who have had occasion to puzzle over the variations in this group of birds. Mr. H. S. Swarth has begun a study of the Fox Sparrows, especially as regards migra- tion and local distribution upon the Pacific Coast. The incentive for this work arose in part from the increasing numbers of speci- . mens being sent to the Museum of Verte- brate Zoology for identification. While in this manner a large proportion of the skins in Californian collections has probably come under his inspection, he would welcome the epportunity of examining any additional ma- terial now available. Mr. R. G. Hazard, of Peace Dale, Rhode Island, and latterly of Santa Barbara, Cali- fornia, a life member of the Cooper Club,