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A SPLENDID MEETING 



THE March meeting of the Southern Divison of the Cooper Ornithologic- 

 al Club was held at the Hotel Arcadia, Santa Monica, Cal., on the 

 evening of March 9th. About 30 members and 50 guests were present, 

 the largest meeting in the history of the club. The feature of the meeting 

 was Mr. Wm, L,. Finley's talk on bird-life of the Pacific coast, illustrated 

 by his complete series of lantern slides, over 300 in number. Never before 

 were so many valuable and interesting pictures of bird life photographed 

 from nature shown at one meeting in America. Mr. Finley is to be con- 

 gratulated upon having accomplished so much fine work of such a difficult 

 nature, and the Cooper Club is most fortunate in having such a talented 

 and persistent worker among its members. 



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SPOON-BILL SANDPIPER 



A Good Specimen of the Spoon-bill Sandpiper 

 {Eurynorhynchus pygmccus) 



A GOOD specimen of the Spoon-bill Sandpiper, a rare Asiatic bird which 

 has been seen and taken on the coast of Alaska, and therefore has a 

 place in our North American fauna, (A. O. U., No. 245), has recently come 

 into our possession. The skin, which has been mounted by Hoyt, was taken 

 in Japan, September 27, 1903, and while it was a rather poor one, Mr. Hoyt 

 succeeded in making from it a fairly good mounted specimen. 



