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THE CONDOR 



Vol. XIX 



whose names were presented at the Janu- 

 ary meeting. Mr. Paul J. Hartman, Los 

 Angeles, was presented for membership by 

 W. Lee Chambers. 



Mr. Willett, who has spent several weeks 

 recently in the Sacramento Valley, reports 

 that in the vicinity of rice fields the wild 

 ducks are dying in great numbers, from 

 feeding on that grain. He stated also that 

 the "Tule Goose", apparently new to sci- 

 ence, has long been known to hunters of 

 north-eastern California. Dr. L. B. Bishop 

 read some interesting notes on the discov- 

 ery of the nest of the Tennessee Warbler in 

 New Brunswick. Adjourned. — L. E. Wyman, 

 Secretary. 



March. — The regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division was held at the Mu- 

 seum of History, Science, and Art. Presi- 

 dent Miller was in the chair, with the fol- 

 lowing members in attendance: Messrs. 

 Appleton, Brown, Bishop, Colburn, Cham- 

 bers, Daggett, Dickey, Hanna, Holland, How- 

 ard, Howell, Lamb, Law, Layne, Rich, Rit- 

 tenhouse, Willett, and AVyman; and Mrs. 

 Law. Mrs. Howard, and Mrs. and Miss 

 Brouse were visitors. 



The minutes of the February meeting 

 were read and approved, followed by read- 

 ing of the January and February minutes 

 of the Northern Division. Paul J. Hartman, 

 of Los Angeles, was elected to membership. 

 The following new names were presented: 

 Robert R. Redington, Wilmington, Del., by 

 Wharton Huber; Helen DeLange, La Jolla, 

 Calif., by C. O. Esterly; J. Alden Thompson, 

 Bend, Ore., by S. G. Jewett; Oscar F. Schae- 

 fer, Flagstaff, Ariz., by W. Leon Dawson; 

 Geo. R. Gartrell, Summerland, B. O, by J. 

 A. Munro; and the following names, which 

 have already been presented to the North- 

 ern Division: C. R. Smith, San Francisco; 

 Mrs. Harriett P. Kelley, Berkeley, and Miss 

 Emma W. Ward, Alameda. The Executive 

 Committee presented the names of Grinnell 

 and Swarth, Law and Chambers, for re-elec- 

 tion as Editors and Business Managers, re- 

 spectively, of The Condor. On motion by 

 Mr. Willett, seconded by Mr. Daggett, these 

 gentlemen were unanimously re-elected. 



President Miller submitted the following: 



"We, the undersigned, members of the 

 Cooper Ornithological Club, hereby propose 

 for honorary membership in the Club, Mr. 

 E. W. Nelson, of Washington, D. C. 



"Our reasons for wishing so to recognize 

 Mr. Nelson's ornithological work are as fol- 

 lows: The candidate is Chief of the Bureau 

 of Biological Survey, Department of Agri- 

 culture. It was chiefly through his efforts 



that the Biological Survey has the finest 

 and largest collection of Mexican birds in 

 the world. He is undoubtedly the foremost 

 authority on the habits and life of the birds 

 of Mexico. He has done a great amount 

 of field work and collecting within the bor- 

 ders of our state, and has added largely to 

 the knowledge of the birds of California. 



"We believe that the election of Mr. Nel- 

 son to honorary membership is but a just 

 expression of appreciation of his services 

 to ornithology." Signed: A. B. Howell, W. 

 Lee Chambers, J. Eugene Law, L. E. Wy- 

 man. 



On motion by Mr. Daggett, seconded by 

 Mr. Dickey, Mr. Nelson was unanimously 

 elected to honorary membership. 



Business disposed of, an hour of informal 

 discussion of bird matters followed. Ad- 

 journed. — L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 



INTERMOTJNTAIN CHAPTER 



January. — Meeting was called to order at 

 8:20 p. m. There were present: Dr. D. 

 Moore Lindsay, J. Sugden, Dr. J. H. Paul, F. 

 W. Chambers, A. O. Treganza, J. A. Sugden, 

 A. D. Mullen and Ashby D. Boyle. Presi- 

 dent Paul was in the chair. Reading of min- 

 utes of the December meeting was deferred 

 until the February meeting. 



Dr. J. H. Paul reported upon a conference 

 had by him with the Commissioners of Salt 

 Lake City relative to action by the city to- 

 ward the extermination of the English spar- 

 row. The Commissioners present declared 

 themselves, according to the report, favor- 

 ably inclined and asked the Doctor to so 

 notify Commissioner Green. It was moved 

 and seconded that the secretary compile an 

 article on the extermination of the English 

 sparrow from data to be submitted by the 

 individual members of the club, and publish 

 the same under the name of the Chapter. 

 It was moved and seconded that Dr. Paul's 

 report be accepted and that he be urged to 

 continue the work. Mr. Treganza reported 

 the result of a call made by Dr. Paul and 

 himself upon Governor Bamberger to dis- 

 cuss the appointment of the State Game 

 Commissioner. The official recommenda- 

 tions of Mr. Chambers, retiring State Game 

 Commissioner, were read and officially ap- 

 proved by the club. Meeting adjourned at 

 10 p. m. — A. D. Boyle, Secretary. 



February. — Meeting was called to order 

 at 8:30 p. m. There were present: Dr. J. 

 H. Paul, F. W. Chambers, J. Mullen and 

 Ashby D. Boyle. President Paul was in the 

 chair. Dr. Paul read to the meeting a for- 



