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 IO8 THE CONI)OR } Vol. III THE CONDOR. Bulletifi of the COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB OIe CAE,I IVORI'IA. Pnblished hi-monthly at Santa Clara, Cal. in the interests and as Official Organ of the Club. CHESTER BARLOW, Santa Clara, at,, Editor and Business Manager. WALTER K. FISHER, Stanford University Cal. HOWARD ROBETRSON, Box 55, Sta. A.. Los Angeles. Associates. Subscription, (in advance) One Dollar a Year. ingle Copies, - ...... 25 Cents. Six Copies or more of one issue, t2 Cents Each. Foreign Subscription, - ..... $.25. Free to Honorary Members and to Active Members not in arrears tbr dues. coinmort and more euphonious cognomens. The association of any of these names with the magazines bearing them suggests nothing, and this being an age of progression, we shall expect to see our contemporary adopt its owu sensible advice and head the reform move- merit. The editorial in question suggests such titles as The kVilsonia, The Audubonia, etc., as being properly applicable to the American bird magaziue. We had expected to present several half- tones of interesting Galapagos bird subjects in this issue, but the lateness of arrival of the expedition and consequent delay in develop- ing the numerous negatives secured, precludes the appearance of the anticipated cuts until our September issue. Messrs. Beck and Adams will also contribute articles to THE CONDOR touching on the Galapagos fauna and their visit to that interesting spot,--Guadalupe Advertising rates will be sent on application. Advertisements and subscriptions should be sent to the Business Managers. Exchanges should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief. Entered at the Santa Clara Post-office as second class matter. This issue of The Condor was mailed July xl. EDITORIAL NOTES. The Tenth Supplement to the A. O. U. Check-List appears in the July Aut and orni- thologists may again breathe freely, including also the describers of new subspecies, whose feathered idols have beeu relegated to that bourne whence they seldom return. But seri- ously speaking, the supplement contains nu- merous changes in nomenclature and a goodly array of new species and subspecies finds place upon the list. The list of non-accepted species and subspecies is surprisingly large, but one must feel it impossible to comprehend upon which certain characters one subspecies is accepted and another rejected. We note surprising action in the case of Pipi/o fuscus carol MiGREGOR, described in THE CONDOR (I, 899, P. II). Mr. McGregor subsequently pointed out that the type was a bird in freshly- acquired fall plumage, and that the alleged race should be relegated to synonymy (])ac. Coast .4z,ifauna, 1901, p. I5), but instead has occurred the unfortunate action of giving the subspecies a place on the check-list. It is not, therefore, surprising that the lay ornitholo- gist should marvel at the mysteries of our check-list. An editorial. in The Osprey for May com- ments upon the inaptness of the use of bird names as titles of magazines devoted to orni- thology. This is a conclusion which every thinking person must have evolved who has endeavored to solve the relationship of Plautus impennis, of lgotaurus /entiinosus--habitue of the marsh-- or of our western Gymnogyps --proud and majestic though he may be---to the various magazines bearing these birds' Island. We bow a gracious ackuowledgment to Lieut. Jno. W. Daniel Jr., who recently at- tested his Paith in THE CONDOR by enclosing a $5 bill, covering the current volume and four years' advance subscription. SAVE THE BIRDS' STOMACHS. We would earnestly request members of the Cooper Ornithological Club who collect birds' skins to have the bird render a double value to science by preserving the stomachs for ex- amination. As is generally known the De- partment of Agriculture is engaged in deter- mining the foods of various birds, upon which results are based bulletins of great economic value. Prof. F. E. L. Beal is at this time en- gaged in collecting stomachs in California and at the request of this magazine submits the following suggestions for those who may care to undertake the work: "The Biological Survey is desirous of pro- curing the stomachs of birds for the pur- pose of investigating their food habits. In furtherance of this object itsolicits the cooper- ation of the ornithologists of California and requests that they preserve the stomachs (giz- zards and crops) of such birds as they may collect. The Survey will furnish on applica- tion blank schedules for recording data, tags for numbering the stomachs and franked envelopes for mailing. When collected, the stomachs should be placed in alcohol or for- malin for at least a week. Before forwarding to the Department they should be taken out and dried for half an hour or so; then placed in a baking powder can or cigar box, wrapped with a franked euvelope on the outside and mailed. In order to reimburse the collector for the outlay for alcohol etc., the sum of five cents will be paid for each stomach sent in.".