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 THE CONDOR VOL. V THE COIDOI An Illustrated Maazine of Weste'n OrniThology Published Bl=monfhly by fhe Cooper Ovnlhologll- eal Club of Callornla WALTE K. FIHE, Editor, Palo Alo JOEPH OIHHE, Business Manaee and Assistant Editor, Palo Alto FAK . DAOOE, soeiae Editor Palo Alo, California: Published May 14-, I903 tUBiCRIPTIOlI RATES ?rice in,the United States, Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Cotonie one dollar a year;single copies twenty-five cents. Price in all countries in the Ipternational Postal Union one dollar and a quarter a year. Subscriptions should be sent to the Business M ariaget; manuscripts and exchanges to the Editor. NOTES We announced in the last issue that THE CONDOR would not come out till after the A. O. U.-Cooper Club Meeting, but have reconsid- ered that rash decision. It is always dangerous for a periodical to delay its usual date of publi- cation, even under the most praiseworthy pre- texts. So we are here a day ahead. Owing to the illness of Mr. Grinnell the bus- iness office has temporarily suspended opera- tions. Correspondents should be patient, how- ever, and thank their lucky stars for health during this remarkably beautiful spring. More than one of our plans has gone wrong since the last issue and we have been obliged to omit the usual portrait from this number. We hope to resume the series in July. During the summer months the editor will be in Washington, D. C. Correspondents will confer a favor if they direct all communications as follows: W. K. LSHER, CARE OF U.S. DEP'T OF AGRICULTURE, WASHINGTON, D.C. Do not send such letters to "THE CONDOR" or to the "Publishers of THE CONDOR." Unless further notice is given business communications should be sent as usual to Palo Alto, to Mr. Grinnell. The A. O. U. Bird Bill of which mention was made in the March issue came to an untimely death in the hands of a Committee. From all that we can learn it was not. actually introduced into the legislature, having been crowded out by the rush of "more important" measures. The Michigan Ornithological Club has re- cently reorganized, and the first number of the Bulletin under the new management arrived on the coast the latter part of April. This issue is No. I of Vol. IV. The Bulletin is to appear quarterly under the editorship of Alexander W. Blain, Jr., with J. Clair Wood and Adolphe B. Covert as associates. It is published "in the interests of ornithology in the Great Lake region" and the present number is certainly an attractive one. We wish the enterprise every success. [Bulletin of the Michigan Ornitholog- ical Club, A. W. Blain, Jr., Editor, I3I Elm- wood Ave., Detroit Mich.; subscription fifty cents a year.] The Proceedings qf the 2Vebraska Ornitholo- gists' Union at its Third Annual Mreeting is a substantial volume of Io8 pages, well printed and illustrated. The leading article is the Pres- ident's Address--The Progenitors of Birds, by Erwin Hinckley Barbour, profusely illustrated with good zinc cuts. There are numerous other articles of a more local nature, including a val- uable Record of Nebraska Ornithology, I.Bibli- graphy, by Robert H. Wolcott. The National Committee of Audubon Socie- ties has commenced the publication of a series of Educational Leaflets, each of which will treat of a single species. These will be illus- trated by Mr. Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and will give not only an accurate description of the plumage of the bird, but also its distribution in North America, and the latest information re- rding the economic status of the species. We ve seen, so far, the Nighthawk and the Mourn- ing Dove. Mr. Dutch0r and Prof. Beal are re- sponsible for the text. Prof. F. E. L. Beal, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is in California studying the re- lation of birds to orchards. Rev. S. H. Goodwin of Provo City, Utah, is compiling a list of the birds of Utah. He would appreciate any assistance from local observers. We regret to announce the death of Mr. Geo. H. Ready, at Santa Cruz, California, March 20, I9O3. George It. Ready, a member of the Cooper Ornithological Club was born in Placerville, Placer Co., California, August 5, I858. While still a boy he went to Santa Cruz, where he has since been a student of birds and their habits. Four years ago, from overwork and exposure, he contracted a cold from which he never re- covered. He spent several years in Phoenix, Arizona, hoping the dry air of that region would restore his health. But he afterwards wisely concluded that the corntorts of a home in Santa Cruz would be a greater solace and quite as likely a restorer. Although everything possible was done for him he never rallied. He was an amateur ornithologist, and the birds of the region in and about Santa Cruz and Phoenix were his familiar friends, few know- ing their haunts and habits as well as he. A cabinet of eggs which he had collected repre- sents the work of many hours snatched from leisure, and has great intrinsic value.