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 i78 THE CONDOR I VOL. VII THE CO[NDO! An 111usfrafed Magazine of Wesfern Ornithology Published Bl-monthly by the Cooper OrniHoloi- eal Club of California WALTEI K. FIStlElY, Editor, Palp Alo JOSEPH OIIIIELL, Business Manager and Associate Editor, Pasadena IZ. E. k"lOPfilZh, WILLIAM L2 FI['qLEY, Ass0eiate Editors Palp Alto, California: Published lov. 22, i 905 SUBSCRIPTION IATIS Price in the United States, Canada, Mexico, and U.S. Colonies one dollar a year; single copies twenty-five cents. Price in all countries in the International Postal Union poe dollar and a quarter a year. Subscriptions should be sent to the Business Manager; nmnuscripts and exchanges to the Editor. Entered Jan. 6, x9o3. at Palp Alto, Cal., as second-class nlatler. NOTES AND NEWS The editor regrets that he will be unable to continue longer in his present capacity. With the January issue Mr. Joseph Grinnell will pre- side in the editorial sanctum, and all manu- scripts for publication, papers for review, and exchanges should be sent to him at Pasadena, California. Subscriptions, club dues, and ad- vertisements should be addressed to H. T. CLF- TON, BOX 404, PASADENA, CALIFORNIA. Thus TH COSDOR will migrate southward, and in the Land of Sunshine we hope to see it wax greater as the club grows, and steadily en- large its sphere of usefulness. We desire to take this opportunity to thank the many con- tributors who have cooperated in making the magazine what it has been during the past three years. We trust 'that in the future they will continue to respond to the importunities of the insatiable editor. Mr. Grinnell brings to his task both enthusiasrp and equipment so that our readers may look to see further improve- ment in the magazine, provided they respond from the financial side--and respond promptly ! We are in receipt of the following communi- cation: To the Editor: We are rightfully proud of the high place THE CONDOR occupies among the scientific bird magazines of the country and feel sincere- ly grateful to the men who by their untiring efforts have placed it where it is. Now I would ask if we are not strong enough as a Club to turn to a work that is sadly needed, the work of stimulating the proper interest in our native birds. There are thousands of young people wishing to know the birds they see about them, and who can help them as efficiently as such an organization as the Cooper Ornithological Club? This work is certainly not beneath our notice; in fact the people of our State have the right to ask this help from us as the only well organized Club of the kind with a nmgazine of its own. Surely we as a Club can undertake no greater work than to bring the people of our State in closer touch with our own wild birds. May we not look to the Club to add a new department to THE CONDOR with the opening of the new year that shall be distinctly for the help of youug naturalists? Our young people are subscribing for eastern bird papers that are of no practical value to them because we here in California are doing nothing for them. The call for such a department is strong and now t.hat THE CONDOR has an established reputa- tmn as a scientific bird magazine are we not strong enough to increase its good work and answer this call of the many who would know the familiar birds of our forests and gardens ? BERTHA CHAPMAN, Oakland, Cal. Director of Nature Study. We heartily endorse Miss Chapman's plan for a new department which shall bring the young people of the State into closer touch with our native birds. Such a department could also be made of great use to the increasing number of teachers of nature study who now have prac- tically nothing to fall back upon. As everyone knows the eastern magazines devoted to this purpose are almost useless, being particularly confusing to the beginner on account of the different avifaunas of the two sections of the couutry. We trust that the way may be clear to make this addition to THE CONDOR ill the near future. Mr. Richard C. McGregor, who has returned from the Philippines for a visit, has kindly re- liered us of a disagreeable task by compiling the index which is printed with this issue. At the November meeting Mr. McGregor gave an interesting account of "The Distribution of Philippine Birds," illustrated by a number of specimens. Messrs. Finley and Bohlman have promised to continue during t9o6 their articles and pic- tures on western bird life. These have been a most attractive and valuable feature of THE CONDOR during the past two years, and the articles for the coming year promise to surpass even the best of their previous efforts. Mr. Finley now devotes most of his time to this work, and we feel singularly fortunate in be- ing able to publish such able articles and illus- trations fresh from the field. It is a rare op- portunity. It is ouly fair to state that the unusually lar[e number of illustrations in this issue is maae possible by the financial cooperation of several members of the Northern Division. With our present income we cannot regularly afford so many in each issue. The annual dinner will probably be held at Tait's Care, Powell and Market streets, San Francisco, January t3 at 8 P.M. A short busi- ness meeting for election of officers will be held at 7:3o sharp, in the Council Room of the Cali- fornia Academy of Sciences. In the Proceedings of the Biological Society of Washington xvuL 225, Oct. 7, Mr. J. H. Riley notes that Picus torquatus Wilson, i8H,