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Title: The condor
Identifier: condor2122191920coop (find matches)
Year: 1900 (1900s)
Authors: Cooper Ornithological Club; Cooper Ornithological Society
Subjects: Birds; Birds; Birds
Publisher: Santa Clara, Calif. : Cooper Ornithological Club
Contributing Library: Smithsonian Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Biodiversity Heritage Library

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Jan., 1919 43 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS It may not be amiss here to call attention to the fact that the lists of proposed changes in nomenclature of North American birds now being published from year to year in The Auk are not to be considered authorita- tive; in other words, they do not in any sense replace the Supplements formerly is- sued by the A, O. U. Committee on Nomen- clature. As stated by the editor of The Auk, himself, in a recent issue of that magazine, these lists, although exceedingly useful to the technical student of birds, carry no au- thority further than that of the compiler's personal opinion, and no action has as yet been taken by the A. O. U. Committee on any of the cases contained therein. The Audubon Association of the Pacific, with headquarters in San Francisco, has is- sued no. 1 of a monthly bulletin under the caption of "The Gull". This consists of four pages of announcements of meetings and field trips, reports of birds seen on field trips, and news notes of interest to members of the organization represented. While no editorial staff is indicated in connection with this first number, we think we see evidences here and there of the literary handiwork of the energetic President of the Audubon As- sociation of the Pacific, Mr. C. B. Lastreto. The publication of the Cooper Club mili- tary record which was scheduled to appear in this issue of Thk Coxdou is now post- poned till March issue. This is to give fur- ther time for securing important data still lacking in regard to certain of our men in service. The vote is overwhelmingly in favor of continuing the Cooper Club membership roster as an annual feature of The Cosdor. To be more explicit, the mail vote up to January 15 stands 24 to 5 against discoii- tinuance. Numerous excellent reasons were advanced in the replies, to offset the plea for economy. The following extract from a letter to the Editor from Mr. John G. Tyler expresses the prevailing attitude in the matter. "To me the annual membership roster is one of the most valuable features of The Condor. Frequently, when business has led me to other cities, I have taken with me the copy of our magazine containing the latest roster and when the day's work was over eagerly sought through the list for
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Fig, 11. Council of the A. O. U. in attendaxce at the Thirty-fifth Stated jMeeting, Cambridge, November 12, 1917. Fro:m left to right: Dr. J. Dwight, Dr. A. K. Fisher. Mr. John H. Sage, Dr. Frank M. Chapman, Dr. Witmer Stone, Mr. William Brewster, Mr. Charles F. Batchelder, Mr. Ruth vex Deaxk. Photo by AV. K. Fisher.

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