A Color Code
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1. 1909 Bent A C Taunton Mass 1909 Birdseye Clarence Biological Survey Wash inton D C 1909 Bishop Dr Louis B 356 Orange St New Haven Conn 1904 Black Lester Bloomington Ind 1908 B Box 183 East 19082. m thode Chevreul simplifi e par Paul Klinck sieck et Th Valette Paris 7908 It can be had from G E Stechert amp Co 129 133 West 20th St New York for 2 58 postpaid I think it isa detter color book than Ridg way s barring the fact that it is written in French and has a different color nomenclature The book has 25 plates of blockt colors like Ridgway s 720 blocks Ce Code doitsa naissance aux Champignons Malgr ce point de d part son application n est nullement limit e a ce sujet il doit au contraire trouver son emploi dans toute circon stance ou l on a besoin de pr ciser une d signa tion de couleur There are 32 pages of text in which is taken up Pt 1 1 Originedu Code des Couleurs 2 Mode d emploi du C C 3 Solidit des Couleurs et du papier du C C and Pt II 1 des couleurs au point de vue physique 2 Sources de lumiere Lumieres color es 3 couleurs mat rielles ou pigments color s 4 Classification des couleurs 5 Code des Couleurs a l usage des naturalistes 6 Con fection du Code des Couleurs 7 Examen des couleurs compl mentaires Contrastes CORRESPONDENCE Our own ob 177 The colors are on heavy paper and I think the book is more durable than Ridgway s There are 62 colors under vert bleu The system of zumbering is just as convenient and sensible as Ridgway s names There is nothing I think significant or advantageous in writing Van Dyke Br
3. Sept 1909 represented the author suggests that a change in physiographic conditions may be called into account Thus a forested area more like the jungles of India may have preceded the present day treeless condition As the latter condition became prevalent conspicuous birds dependent upon cover would naturally fall prey to such animals as the coyotes It is of course not known that Pavo califor nicus was ornately endowed as in the existing peacocks But the inference is that it was Unless the feather development could be adapt ed or modified it would become an impediment to cursorial power In this connection Mr Miller asserts his belief that the great length of the rectrices in the Roadrunner are unques tionably of use in guiding the swift movements of the bird in its efforts to escape enemies or in pursuit of its active prey servations would scarcely lead to this conclu sion altho we would hesitate to ascribe any other function to the Roadrunner s elongated tail J G CORRESPONDENCE Editor THE CONDOR The July August number of THE CoNDOR was received a day or two ago and I noted among the editorials one in which you state the need of a new manual of colors and the bad state of your copy of Ridgway s Nomen clature I have just received today a book called Code des Couleurs a usage des Naturalistes Artistes Commercants et Industriels 720 chantillons de couleurs class s d apres la
4. own instead of Orange 118 The authors express the hope that some sys tem of color nomenclature may become inter national and I don t see why a system like this is not pretty good F GRINNELL JR Pasadena Calif July 27 1909 Directory of Members of the Cooper Ornithological Club Revised to August 1 1909 Residence in California unless otherwise stated Year following address indicates date of election HONORARY MEMBERS Belding Lyman Stockton 1896 Merriam Dr C Hart 1919 16th St Washing ton D C 1909 Ridgway Robert 3413 13th St N E Brook land D C 1905 ACTIVE MEMBERS Adams Ernest Box 21 Clipper Gap Placer Co 1896 Alexander Annie M 1006 16th St Oakland 1908 Anderson Malcolm P Menlo Park 1901 Appleton J S Simi Ventura Co 1901 Arnold Dr Ralph 726 H W Hellman Bldg Los Angeles 1893 Bade Wm Frederic 2616 College Ave Berke ley 1903 Bailey Henry F 94 Pacific Ave Santa Cruz 1902 Bailey H H 321 54th St Newport News Va 1903 Bailey Vernon Dept of Agriculture Washing ton D C 1904 Bales Dr B R 151 West Main St Circleville Ohio 1906 Barnes R Magoon Lacon Il Barrows Prof Walter Lansing Mich 1909 Bay J Cliff Ingot Shasta Co 1903 Beal Prof F E L Dept Agriculture Wash ington D C 1904 Beck Rollo H Berryessa 1894 Bennett R H Room 503 149 California St San Francisco
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