Mar., 1917 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



December. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division was called to order De- 

 cember 21, 1916, at the Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology. President Storer was in the 

 chair, with the following members present: 

 Messrs. Davis, Grinnell, Mailliard, Storer, 

 Squires, Hansen, Lastreto, Bryant, Carriger, 

 Swarth, Wright, Dixon; Mesdames Meade, 

 Schlisinger, Grinnell, Bryant and Allen. Mr. 

 Schlisinger, Mr. Meade and Mr. Kellogg 

 were present as visitors. 



After the reading of the minutes of the 

 Northern and Southern Divisions, Dr. Hum- 

 mill and Mrs. Foster Elliott were elected to 

 membership, and five names were proposed, 

 four from the minutes of the Southern Di- 

 vision and one, Miss Emma W. Ward, Ala- 

 meda, proposed by Donald Cohen. 



A letter from Mr. A. L. Barrows, Secre- 

 tary of the Pacific Division of the Associa- 

 tion for the Advancement of Science, asking 

 that the Cooper Club be represented on the 

 program of a meeting to be held at Stan- 

 ford University, was referred to the Execu- 

 tive Committee. 



The nomination of officers for the year 

 1917 was then called for by the President. 

 Dr. Barton Evermann was nominated for 

 president by Mr. Joseph Mailliard; Rev. W. 

 A. Squires, for vice-president by Mr. Carri- 

 ger, and Mrs. J. T. Allen for secretary by 

 Dr. Grinnell. 



Mr. Joseph Mailliard, who attended the 

 meeting of the American Ornithological 

 Union at the Academy of Sciences at Phila- 

 delphia, gave so vivid an account of the 

 meetings of the Union and of his visits to 

 Philadelphia, New York and Washington, 

 that those present felt that they had a part 

 in all his experiences. After considerable 

 informal discussion a giant goose was ex- 

 hibited by Mr. Bryant, and the meeting ad- 

 journed. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



December. — The regular monthly meeting 

 of the Southern Division was held at the 

 Museum of History, Science and Art. Vice- 

 president Law presided, and the following 

 members were present: Messrs. Chambers, 

 Daggett, Holland, Lamb, Law, Tallman, Wil- 

 lett and Wyman. The minutes of the No- 

 vember meeting were read and approved. 



The following persons, whose names were 

 presented at the previous meeting, were 

 elected to membership: Mrs. Mabel R. O'Far- 

 rell, San Diego; C. Oscar Reis, Los Angeles; 

 Robie W. Tufts, Wolfville, Nova Scotia; 

 Roscoe Ivan Giles, Marlborough, Mass. 



New names were presented, as follows: 

 Jas. Moffitt, San Francisco, by John Mail- 

 liard; James A. Calder, Buena Park, Calif., 

 by John McB. Robertson; Mrs. Victor Cul- 

 berson, Fierro, N. M., by J. Stokely Ligon; 

 Miss Alice Edward Pratt, San Diego, by W. 

 L. Chambers; Rudolph Martin Anderson, 

 care of Geological Survey, Victoria Memor- 

 ial Museum, Ottawa, Canada, by W. L. 

 Chambers; Mrs. Fred J. Loel, San Jose, 

 Calif., by W. L. Chambers; Lew Ward Hud- 

 son, Selma, Calif., by J. G. Tyler. 



No members of the nominating committee 

 being present, the annual election of officers 

 was postponed till the January meeting. A 

 letter from A. L. Barrows, Secretary of the 

 Pacific Division of the Association for the 

 Advancement of Science, relative to a spe- 

 cial assessment of five dollars, against the 

 Club, for the support of the Division, was 

 read, but no formal action taken. 



Mr. Law gave an interesting account of 

 the recent meeting of the A. O. U. in Phila- 

 delphia, which he attended, and told of see- 

 ing several of the important collections in 

 the eastern states, and of ornithological in- 

 vestigations going on in that part of the 

 country. Adjourned. — L. E. Wyman, Secre- 

 tary. 



January. — Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division was held at the Mu- 

 seum of History, Science and Art. Presi- 

 dent Miller presided, with the following 

 members in attendance: Messrs. Brown, 

 Bishop, Chambers, Dickey, Hanna, Huey, 

 Holland, Layne, Little, Law, Moran, Rich, 

 Rittenhouse, Wyman, and Mrs. Law. Mrs. 

 Bishop, Mrs. Falger, and Mr. Reese were 

 visitors. 



Minutes of the December meeting were 

 read and approved, followed by reading of 

 the November and December minutes of the 

 Northern Division. 



On motion by Dr. Rich, seconded by Mr. 

 Brown, the secretary was instructed to cast 

 an electing ballot for the persons whose 

 names were presented at the December 

 meeting as follows: James Moffitt, San 

 Francisco; James A. Calder, Buena Park; 

 Mrs. Victor Culberson, Fierro, New Mexico; 

 Miss Alice Edwards Pratt, San Diego; Ru- 

 dolph M. Anderson, Ottawa, Ontario, Cana- 

 da; Mrs. Fred J. Loel, San Jose; Lew Ward 

 Hudson, Selma. 



New names were presented as follows: 

 Elmer Ufford, Oberlin, Kas., by Guy Love; 

 Claten Osencup, Pasadena, by J. H. Richey; 

 C. A. Thomas, Kennet Square, Pa., by W. 



