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II8 BULLETIN OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. BULLE:TIN ed the editors, by individual Club members. of the Without such united effort the Club could not have accomplished the work which it has, and ' Cooper Ornithological Club to its members as well as outside supporters the editors express their appreciation. Under oF CtI, IFOllNIt. its new title, "The Condor," the magazine will Published hi-monthly at Santa Clara, Cal., in the interests begin Volrune II, its editors feeling that the and as Official Organ of the Club. unique and briefer title will prove a material -- benefit. CHESTER BARLOW, Santa Clara, Cal., Editor-in-Chief. HENRY REED TAYLOR, Alameda, Cal. HOW'ARD ROBERTSON, Box 55, Sta. A., Los Angeles, Associates. DONALD A. COHEN, - Alameda, Cal., A. I. McCORMICK, Bradbury Block, Los Angeles, Cal., Business Managers. Subscription, (in advance) One Dollar a Year. Single Copies, - ...... 25 Cents. Six Copies or more of one issue, - ?2? Cents Each. Foreign Subscription, - ..... $L25. One of the most notable published photo- graphs of the year is that of the founders of the Anlerican Ornithologists' Union appearing as frontispiece in /?ird-Lo?'e for October. The plate is a composite one of photographs taken m or about i883 and is unusually interesting as showlug.many of the now veteran workers at a time when. they were actively engaged in field work and the making of ornithological history. Marked changes are observed in most cases when the photographs are com- pared with those more recently taken, and a Free to Honorary l?mbers and to Active Members not nunlber who grace the present plate have since in arrears tbr ...... passed away. among them being Spencer Advertising rates will be sent on application. Baird, Major Chas. E. Bendire and Geo. N. Advertismnents and subscriptions should be sent to the Business Managers. Exchanges should be sent to the Editor-in-Chief. Notes of interest and striking ornithological photo- graphs for illustration are solicited trom members. When extra copies are desired, they should be ordered at the time ot communicating the article. ? Write plainly sad confine your article to one side of the sheet. ?op?righ? ?899, by the Cooper Ornithological Club. Entered at the Santa Ciara Post-office as second class matter. ?his issue of the Bulletin was Inatled Nov, EDITORIAL NOTES. As a Club accomplishment, the members of the Cooper Ornithological Club may feel a pardonable pride in the completion of Volume I of the BULLETIN, and a glance backward to the time of its inception is not irrelevant at this time. Formerly the Club secured uncer- tain space for its proceedings in current or-. nithological magazines until the expansion of the Club and the gradual contraction of its publishing space made this system of publica- tion wholly impracticable. Then was the proposition to establish its own Bulletin brought before the Club.- It was at first pro- posed to publish a quarterly of twelve pages, as the Club did not wish to attempt more than it could accomplish. However the more san- guine n?embers favored a bi-monthly of six- teen pages, and as such the BULLETIN was launched, its success being at that time some- what dependent upon the outside support it might receive. Now. at the conclusion of the year, we find that the issues have ranged from sixteen to twenty-four pages each, issued promptly on the fifteenth of each publishing month, and financially the paper has far exceeded the suc- cess anticipated by its most ardent supporters. It is proper to rentark that the numerous val- uable papers presented during the year and the success of the BULLETIN itself, is due large- ly to the active interest shown, and aid extend- Lawrence. Through a fortunate coincidence we have re- ceived contributions from both Messrs. O. W. Howard and Richard D. Lusk ou the nesting habits of the Sulphur bellied Flycatcher in Arizona. We have accordingly given both papers space iu this issue, feeling that an in- creased knowledge of the habits of this little- known species will be welcomed by ornitholo- gists. Mr. Howard's notes on the Olivaeeous and Buff-breasted Flycatchers also present many valuable facts new to science. We devote a portion of our space this month to a "reverie" by Mr. John M. Welch, whose love for the "poetry of Nature" must have been shared by every true ornithologist who has sojourned in the timber.belt of the Sier- ras. After all, ornithology would lose much of its zest as a study, could we not constantly associate it with the activity of out-door life, and well 'tis so[ During ?9oo the Cooper Ondthological Club will issue several special publications of special interest and importance to working ornitholo- gists. This becomes necessary with the re- ceipt of lengthy manuscripts--monographs in fact--Which cannot be published entire in the BULLETIN, and which are in every way worthy of being given the importance of separate pub- lications of the Club. With the advent of winter evenings and abundant opportunity to peruse last seasoh's note books, there should be an influx of ab- .?orbing papers, such as come only from the active field-workers. The BULLETIN, although beginning its sec- ond volume under the new cognomen, The Condor, will remain under the same manage- ment as heretofore, being fully supported by the Club.