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PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 



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gether with an account of their varying 

 needs and habits. 



The appendix contains a chapter on theo- 

 ries of breeding and a list of reference 

 works. The list will undoubtedly prove use- 

 ful, but the chapter on the theories of 

 breeding is a disappointment. It is an en- 

 deavor to explain in a few short pages the 

 theories of Mendel, Darwin, De Vries, Gal- 

 ton, and Davenport, and it leaves the reader 

 with a conviction of his own utter confu- 

 sion, and a suspicion that the author, too, 

 was confused. 



The bock is well illustrated with nearly 

 a hundred reproductions from photographs. 



There is among those who come in con- 

 tact with children a growing belief that in 

 fostering and developing a child's fondness 

 for pets we foster and develop highly de- 

 sirable character traits in the child himself, 

 and, as Mr. Crandall suggests in the preface 

 to his book, ''many of the problems which 

 perplex the adolescent adjust themselves 

 normally by constant contact with repro- 

 ductive life." 



Mr. Crandall's book is the best and most 

 complete work which we have seen in the 

 field treated, and we suggest that every pet- 

 loving son procure a copy for his parents. — 

 H. W. Grinnell. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



March. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitho- 

 logical Club was held at the Museum of 

 Vertebrate Zoology on March 15 at eight 

 o'clock. Dr. Evermann called the meeting 

 to order with the following members in at- 

 tendance: Messrs. Benton, Carriger, Ever- 

 mann, Grinnell, Hanford, La Jeunesse, 

 Squires, Storer, Wright; Mesdames Allen, 

 Culver, Ferguson, Field, Grinnell, Head, 

 Meade, Newhall, Witter. Visitors: Messrs. 

 Austin, Wm. Hall, Meade; Mesdames Ever- 

 mann, Boyle, Stone, Straight. 



The minutes of the February meeting 

 were read and corrected, and the minutes 

 of the February meeting of the Southern Di- 

 vision were read. Mrs. E. G. Witter, whose 

 name was proposed at the January meeting, 

 and the eleven names passed on for ap- 

 proval from the December and January min- 

 utes of the Southern Division, were elected 

 to membership. 



The name of J. Harold Evans of Santa 

 Rosa was proposed by H. W. Carriger, and 

 that of Paul J. Hartmann, 1118 y 2 Maple 



Ave., Los Angeles, by W. Lee Chambers 

 from the Southern Division. 



The resignation of Miss Alice F. Crane 

 was accepted. 



A very interesting acount of the Birds of 

 San Francisco County was given by Rev. W. 

 A. Squires. The discussion of conditions 

 in Golden Gate Park led to a motion by Dr. 

 Grinnell that a committee be appointed to 

 act in conjunction with the Audubon Asso- 

 ciation of the Pacific with reference to the 

 attempted extermination of supposedly in- 

 jurious species in Golden Gate Park. The 

 President appointed on this committee 

 Messrs. Squires, Carriger and Lastreto. Ad- 

 journed. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



April. — The regular meeting of the 

 Cooper Ornithological Club (Northern Divi- 

 sion) was held at the Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology, April 19, 1917. There were pres- 

 ent: Messrs. Bryant, Evermann, Palmer, 

 Storer, Swarth, Wright; Mesdames Allen, 

 Bryant, Culver, Ferguson, Grinnell, and 

 Knappen. Messrs. Allen and Linforth, Miss 

 Straight and Mrs. Swarth were visitors. 



The minutes of the March meeting were 

 read and approved, followed by the minutes 

 of the March meeting of the Southern Divi- 

 sion and of the January and February meet- 

 ings of the Intermountain Chapter. Mr. J. 

 Harold Evans was elected to membership; 

 also Mr. Paul J. Hartmann, whose name 

 was received from the Southern Division. 



The following names were proposed for 

 membership: Mrs. Bessie W. Kibbe, 1534 

 Grove St., Berkeley, by Mr. Swarth; Mrs. 

 Edwin T. Blake, 2233 Piedmont Ave., 

 Berkeley, and Mrs. Arthur Hubbard Cole, 

 2827 Hillegass Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. 

 Allen; also the five names presented at the 

 March meeting of the Southern Division. 



Mr. Storer reported to the Club the sub- 

 stance of an inquiry from Mr. E. W. Nelson, 

 Chief of the Biological Survey, with re- 

 gard to the destruction of water-birds by 

 crude oil floating on the surface of the Pa- 

 cific Ocean. Pres. Lastreto of the Audubon 

 Association of the Pacific reported that he 

 had been in correspondence with the In- 

 spector of the 18th Lighthouse District, who 

 wrote that unless the discharge of oil in the 

 neighborhood of the Farallones could be 

 prevented, the colonies of nesting birds on 

 those islands would soon be destroyed. Oth- 

 er investigations as to the custom of dis- 

 charging oil were reported. Dr. Bryant 

 moved the appointment by the Chair of a 

 committee to investigate the question and 

 report at the next meeting. Carried. 



