Notes and News
NOTES AND NEWS
The new cover drawing which appears on this issue of The Condor is the outgrowth of a long period of study and consultation by Club members. J. Laurence Murray, the artist, we believe has done an excellent job and has performed a great service in providing this illustration for the Club,.of which he is an active member. Further, he has been most patient and willing in adapting his skills to the wishes of the committee charged with developing a new design. The figure of The bird itself follows closely a photograph taken by Carl B. Koford and selected bv him as a suitable pose for the drawing. Moreover, Koford’s unparalleled acquaintance with the California Condor in life has been drawn upon repeatedly in verifying details of outline. The background designed by Murray represents typical condor country in the mountains of Ventura County, California.
At the meeting of the Board of Governors in May, 1946, the change of the subtitle of The CotFdor to “Journal of the Cooper Ornithological Club” was approved. At that time the Board of Governors voted that the editors form an advisory committee to take final responsibility in devising and adopting either a new or modified cover design. The design that had been in use with minor changes since 1902 was thought subject to correction in the light of greatly improved modern acquaintance with the bird and its habitat. This view was adopted after due consideration for the fact that the old design had become a traditional symbol of the Club and its publication. The group of advisors included Ed N. Harrison and Carl B. Koford in addition to the editors; J. R. Pemberton, Loye Miller, and W. Lee Chambers, also thoroughly familiar with the bird in life, contributed helpful counsel.
Kenneth Stager, Curator of Ornithology and Mammalogy at the Los Angeles Museum, left Los Angeles in the middle of December for a three months’ collecting trip in Mexico. His headquarters are at a mining camp in Copala, Sinaloa, and from there he expects to make extensive collecting trips into the surrounding country. This is the lirst field expedition sponsored by the Museum’s Division of Science since December, 1941.
Recently accessioned by the Salinas Junior College is the omithological library of the late O. P. Silliman, of Salinas, California. Mr. Silliman spent many years studying the bird life of central California and amassing a significant library on the subjects of ornithology, general zoology, and Pacific explorations. The collection will be maintained as a separate unit at the Junior College and will be made available to the interested public as well as to students
