Mar., 1908 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



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forming a nucleus for the new collection. Dur- 

 ing the progress of the fire some of the skins had 

 been removed to Mr. Loomis' residence, but 

 unfortunately this dwelling, too, was included 

 in the path of the flames on the following day. 

 Only two skins of all the thousands were saved 

 and these were two Guadalupe Petrels which 

 Mr. Eoomis thrust into his pocket as he 

 emerged from his burning home with his 

 household effects. 



Mr. Wm. H. Hall, who had promised a talk 

 on the birds of the Hawaiian Islands was too 

 ill to be present so the discussion now became 

 informal and turned on the subject of "Albi- 

 nos." Some remarkable instances were 

 elicited. 



Mr. W. Otto Emerson reported an Anna 

 Hummingbird with the plumage entirely of a 

 dirty white color; also a Red-winged Blackbird 

 entirely white except the tail which was of the 

 usual glossy black, making a startling contrast. 

 Another instance was that of an Oregon Tow- 

 hee flecked with white sviggesting to the ob- 

 server an advanced stage of a progressive dis- 

 ease 



Dr. D'Evelyn cited an instance of a partial 

 albino English Sparrow that came under his 

 observation in Union Square, San Francisco. 

 He also remarked that in practical aviculture 

 albino parents never prodxice albino offspring. 



Mr. J. S. Hunter spoke with admiration of a 

 white crow and Mr. Emerson, not to be out- 

 done, offered a record of a nest of five Califor- 

 nia Jays, all white, also two broods of English 

 Sparrow of five and six respectively all albinos 

 in the nest, refuting the theory suggesting an 

 analogy between the albino and the human be- 

 ing with whitened hair attendant upon some 

 nervous shock. 



Dr. D'Evelyn called attention to a mounted 

 specimen of the Kiwi in a store window on 

 Fourteenth street, between Washington and 

 Broadway, Oakland. This species is the 

 Apteryx oiveni, found on the South Island of 

 New Zealand, but only in very remote districts. 



The business session being opened, a roll-call 

 showed the following members present: H. W. 

 Carriger, D. A. Cohen, Dr. F. W. D'Evelyn, W. 

 O. Emerson, Edw. W. Gifford, J. S. Hunter, 

 Milton S. Ray and R. S. Wheeler. 



The following elections by the Southern 

 Division were confirmed: R. Magoon Barnes 

 of Lacon, 111., Dr. T. W. Richards, U. S. S. 

 Kansas, care Postmaster, New York, N. Y., 

 Robert B. Rockwell, Denver, Colorado, B. R. 

 Bales, M. D., Circleville, Ohio, Jesse C. A. 

 Meeker, Danbury, Conn. 



Mr. Milton S. Ray proposed the name of Oluf 

 J. Heinemann, 1532 Fulton Street, San Fran- 

 cisco, for membership. It was voted that an 

 expression of the thanks of the Northern Div- 

 ision be tendered the former business manager, 



Mr. Clifton, and the Chair appointed Messrs. 

 Cohen, Emerson and Wheeler to draft the same. 



After a vote of thanks to the retiring presi- 

 dent and Secretary the club proceeded to the 

 election of officers with the following results: 

 President, Dr. Fred. W. D'Evelyn of Alameda; 

 Senior Vice President, W. O. Emerson of Hay- 

 wards; Junior Vice President, Edw. W. Gifford 

 of Alameda; Secretary, J. S. Hunter of San 

 Mateo. 



In accordance with certain provisions of the 

 constitution the President appointed as the ed- 

 itorial staff of The Condor for the ensuing 

 year the same gentlemen who served during 

 the past year. 



The Oakland Chamber of Commerce was se- 

 lected as the official headquarters of the North- 

 ern Division. Adjourned. 



RoswEtL S. Wheei^ER, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



December. — The December meeting was 

 called to order by President Morcom in the 

 Faculty room, Throop Polytechnic Institute, 

 Pasadena, Cal. , Friday evening, December 27, 

 1907, with members Geo. Willett, O. W. How- 

 ard, C. B. Linton, Chas. W. Metz, Howard 

 Wright, Chas. Richardson, Jr., and J. Eugene 

 Law present. 



The minutes of the last meeting, November 

 27, 1907, were read and approved. 



On motion by Mr. Howard, seconded by Mr. 

 Wright and duly carried, the Secretary was 

 instructed to cast the vmanimous vote of those 

 present electing to active membership Louis 

 Agassiz Test, C. O. Esterly and Robert B. 

 Rockwell, the latter subject to the approval of 

 the Club-at-large owing to his non-residence in 

 the state. 



Applications for membership were presented 

 as follows: W. M. Peterson, Neah Bay, Wash- 

 ington, by M. F. Oilman; Miss Myrtle E. 

 Johnson, National City, Cal., by Prof. Wm. E. 

 Ritter; Lester Black, Long Beach, Cal., by C. 

 B. Linton; and Pingree I. Osburn, Pasadena, 

 Cal., by Chas. H. Richardson, Jr. 



On motion by Mr. Howard, seconded by Mr. 

 Willet and duly carried, the resignation of M. 

 L. Wicks, Jr., was accepted. 



On motion by Mr. Willett, seconded by Mr. 

 Howard and duly carried, the Secretary was 

 instructed to cast, separately for each officer, 

 the unanimous ballot of those present, electing 

 as officers for 1908, those nominated at the de- 

 cember meeting, viz. : G. Frean Morcom, Pres- 

 ident; H. J. Lelande, Vice-President; W. Lee 

 Chaiubers, Treasurer; and J. Eugene Law, Sec- 

 retary. 



This records the formal meeting and the bus- 

 iness transacted, but it would be hard to record 

 the hours of pleasurable and instructive orni- 



