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Jan., I9O 4 [ THE CONDOR I7 Few eastern orn'thologists are better known to Californians than Prof. Beal, who has spent much time with us, studying in the field the relations of our com- mon birds to agriculture and horticulture. Prof. Beal's name has long held fore- most rank among the economic ornithologists of the country, and it is safe to say his papers on economic ornithology have been more potent in influencing farm- ers and fruit growers, than a legion of state laws. Under the auspices of the Bio- logical Survey of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, with a corps of able assist- ants, he is rapidly and successfully impressing upon the minds of our practical class the relation of birds to the matter of dollars and cents. We are much indebted to Mr. ?r. Otto Emerson for the opportunity of pre- senting this excellent portrait. The Status of the Southern California Cactus Wren ll,' HARRY S. S?X'ARTH N a recent review of the cactus wrens of the United States l)r. Means describes a new desert race under the name of lfdeodytes brmtneicalSilltts anlltonyt' and ascribes the birds of the coast region of southern California to the subspecies bL,,anti. Befieving him to be mistaken in both statements I have been to some pains to bring together a series of cactus wrens from the regions inhabited by the two supposed varieties; and what with those in my own collection. together with specimens loaned me by different members of the Cooper Club I have had at my disposal, in all, forty-eight skitis, representing the following localities: ? front southern California (San Fernando, Pasadena, San Bernardino, and San Gorgonoi