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Mar., 1915 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 103 THE CONDOP A l?fe?azine of Western Ornltholo?, Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornitholo$isl Club J. GRINNELL. Editor. Berkeley. C?lifornls HARRY $. SWARTH, Assoie?te Editor J. EVGENE LAW ? W. LEE CHAMBEIKS Business Me?nsgers Hollywood, California: Published Mar. 15, 1915 $UD$Cl%IPTION I/ATE$ One Doller and Fifty Cents per Year in the United States, Canada, Mexico and U.S. Colonies, payable in advance Thirty Cents the single copy. One I)oll,,r ,,rid Seventy-five Cents per Ye,,r in all other countries in the International Postal Union. COOPER CLUB DUES Two Dollars per: year for members residing in the United States. Two Dollars and Twenty-five Cents in all other countr/es. Chims for missing or imperfect numbers should be ' made within thirty days of date of issue. Subaeelptlons and Exch&nges should be sent to the Business Manager. M?.nuse. ripts for publlcf, tlon, and Books and Pu. pers for review. should be sent to the Editor. Advertising Rates on application. EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS The San Francisco On the 17th to the Meeting of the A. O.U. 20th of the coming May the Thirty-third Stated Meeting of the American Ornithologists' Union will con- vene in San Francisco. Many will remem- ber the very successful Pacific coast meet- ing of the A. O. U. held in June, 1903. That was not, however, a regular stated meeting; in fact, the 1915 congress will be, to the best of our knowledge, the first formal meeting of the A. O. U. ever held west of Washing- ton, D.C. The business session for Fellows will be held Monday evening, May 17. All other sessions are open to the ornithological pub- lic. It is urged that members 'of the Cooper Ornithological Club attend each day's ses- sions during the entire convention; papers are invited from C. O. C. members, even from those who do not happen to be mem- bers of the A. O. U. All papers will be an- nounced on the general program of the Union, to be distributed .at the meeting. In other words, the occasion will be one of general ornithological activity, both within and without the Union's own membership. It is further planned to have a joint A. O. U.--C. O. C. dinner and "smoker" on Tues- day evening, May 18, for the purpose of providing an opportunity for personally meeting one another. This will be the one evening affair during the convention, as it is believed that the majority will prefer to use their evenings in "doing" the Exposi- tion. Otherwise the sessions of the A. O. U. will be called each day at 9:30 A. ?. and 2:30 P. ?. After the A. O. U. congress has adjourned a session of the C. O. C. will be called. This will be a joint meeting of both Divisions, this being the first of its kihd since 1903. At the conclusion of the con- vention, excursions will be undertaken under competent leadership to the Farallon Islands, to Mt. Tamalpais, and to Los Barios. The A. O. U. committee of arrangements, Mr. Joseph Mailliard, chairman, has selected the Inside Inn, located on the Exposition Grounds, for A. O. U. headquarters. This will be available as a meeting place for those staying outside as well as inside the GrCul-,ds, and will enable all to take advant- age of the time between sessions for seeing the main features of the Exposition: The Inside Inn has ample accomodations for guests and for the convention sessions. Those not wishing to live in the Exposition Grounds will find the down-town district of San Francisco abundantly supplied with thoroughly modern and moderate-priced hotels. A letter of enquiry addressed to Mr. Joseph Mailliard, 1815 Vallejo St., San Fran- cisco, will elicit any specific information desired. This congress promises to be no solemn affair; in fact, we are already aware of cer- tain non-serious features in the outline of procedure which is now in the hands of our congenial San Francisco representative. The President of the A. O. U., Dr. A. K. Fisher, of Washington, is widely known as a gentleman of most cheerful qualities--one who is naturally gifted to preside felicit- ously. Then there is Dr. Witmer Stone, who will temporarily desert the office of The Auk for a visit to the Pacific coast, and whose joviality and social qualifications have made Philadelphia famous as head- quarters for successful A. O. U. meetings. But we cannot here attempt a catalog of all the Easterners who we know are plan- ning to attend. Come and meet them. The chairman of the program committee, Professor W. K. Fisher, reports that already several popular illustrated numbers have been promised by C. O. C. members. While movie and lantern facilities are to be pro- vided, it is not meant that the stock of the non-illustrated paper is to be listed below par. On the contrary, it is earnestly desired that a large proportion of the papers will be serious contributions to ornithology, each giving in concise form the results of special observation and study. Members of both the C. O. C. and A. O. U. are requested to send titles, arid estimated time of reading, to Professor Fisher.