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Nov., t9oo [ THE CONDOR i47 county representatives. The action of the Cooper Ornithological Club will receive the support of the League of American Sportsmen, an organization ever ready to wield its influence for the enactment of protective laws. A clause prohibiting the indiscriminate use of poison by orchardists as a means of destroy- ing noxious birds, the necessity of which is pointed out by Mr. Daggett's communication in this issue, will become a part of the bill, and every reasonable concession will be granted the agriculturist who can show that he suffers nmterial damage from any certain bird species. Many a meritorious movement has gone down to defeat and many a good fight has been fought for principle without direct result, but the proposed bill has been prepared in good faith and no stone will be left unturned to sezure its passage. With such an earnest ad- vocate behind it as Senator 'taylor, it ia reason- able to confidently anticipate the successfnl passage of the bill, and the text as finally pre- pared, will be given space in the January CONDOR. Vqith this issue TIlE CONDOR closes its sec- ond volume with the feeling that congratula- tions are in order both upon the part of the management and of its subscribers. It scarcely seenis that we have occupied the field for two full years, but such is the case. Volume ? was accorded a generous reception by the fraternity and Volume H has exceeded it in size and also in the point of its illustrations. It has been found that twenty-four pages was the very smallest size in which the magazine could be gotten out in justice to western ornithology, and accordingly this has become the standard size of'TF? CO?'DOR. With the realization that this journal afforded a prompt means of publication, western work- ers have patronized it freely, and it has served as the channel through which have flowed the most interesting and valuable productions of Californian and western ornithologists. We helieve that the journal has firmly established itself among ornithologists who appreciate the fact that THE CONDOR is the exponent of a live Club of over too members, with solid 'backing. The editors feel that it is unnecessary to in- dulge in promises for the third volume of the magazine, for its subscribers have taken its measure and know reasonably well what to expect. The continued support of old patrons is solicited, and those who have not known the magazine are invited to enroll themselves as subscribers. With the closing of the year, the editors desire to return thagks tO many mem- bers of the Club as well as ou?siders who have assisted in the work of making TF?E CONDOr? a SUCCESS. i....Xn index for Volarab x'? will ?be-ni?.iled with the J4nuary issue Mr. McGregor hav:iiig kindly 'coasefite'd to perform the office of i?idexer, which he did in such excellent form for Volume x. Subscribars whose subscriptions expire with this issue will be understootl as wishing the magazine continued, unless notice is mailed the publishers to the contrary. The announcement made in THE CONDOR during the latter part of ?899 that the Club would begin the publication of a series of spec- ial papers, separate and apart from TIlE CON- DOR, has reached its fulfillment in the appear- ance of Mr. Joseph Grinnell's Birds of the ]?otzebue Sound )ge?ion, Alaska. As was an- nounced at the time, Ti? CONDOR in its regular course of publication has not been able to do entire justice to the volume of material which has been submitted, with the result that the Club has found it necessary to expand in order to meet the conditions which confront it. The title 'of Pacific Coast ?tvifauna has been selected under which to publish these separate papers, and the Club may well congratulate it- itself that the series is inaugurated with such an excellent paper as the present one by Mr Grin- nell. Several other papers intended for the series are in process, and with the extended and careful work which is beipg done on the coast, it is certain that the Pacific CoasL ?tvi- fauna will be possessed of no uncertain value to ornithologists. THE CONDOR, it is believed; enjoys the dis- tinction of presenting the first published pho- tographs of the nesting site aa'd the egg in situ of the California Condor, the photographs accompanying Mr. Gedney's article is this issue having, by good fortune, .been seenre'd. at a nesting site which was accessible to the collect- or, and which permitted the use of the camera. Mr. Gedney is to be congratulated upon his novel photographs, while this magazine once more modestly asserts its claim of pub. lishiug the latest amt freshest bird news in the West. Donald A. Cohen is the author of a series of "bird talks" in the Alameda ?trgus, each chapter having the true bird protection ring. All such writings help to mould public senti- merit in favor of the birds, and every ornithol- ogist can do a good work by contributing to his local paper along this line. John O. Snyder of Stanford Univers*ity has returned with Dr. David Starr Jordan from au expedition into Japanese waters, where an ex- tensive collection of fishes was made for the University. Mr. Snyder also made some inter- esting observations on the birds met on the trip and of which we hope to hear later. On Oct. 2 Mr. Charles A. Keeler delivered an address before the Section of Ornithology of the Academy of Sciences entitled "A Popular Talk on Birds." Ralph Arnold of Stanford Ufiivqrsity has re- cently completed the work"of mapping the Black Mountai n region for the U.S. Geologi- cal Survey. J. F. Illingworth, formerly.'of Claremont, Cal. is enrolled at Stanford University and is incidentally doing some bird work.