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THE CONDOR 



Vol. XIX 



On motion of Mr. Swarth, seconded by 

 Mr. Storer, the election of Mr. E. W. Nelson 

 to Honorary membership in the Club was 

 unanimously approved by the Northern Di- 

 vision. 



A letter from Dr. A. K. Fisher announc- 

 ing the celebration of the seventieth birth- 

 day of Mr. John H. Sage on April 20 led to 

 a motion which was unanimously carried 

 that a congratulatory telegram be sent by 

 the Northern Division. Messrs. Swarth and 

 Storer were appointed a committee to carry 

 out the Club's wishes. 



Mr. Storer reported that House Bill 2612, 

 an enabling act to carry out the Canadian 

 Treaty for protecting migratory birds, was 

 up for consideration, and personal letters to 

 representatives were urged. 



Business of the evening having been dis- 

 posed of, the Club listened with pleasure to 

 a paper by Professor James T. Allen on 

 "Birds in Ancient Greek Literature and 

 Art." Much interest was shown in the an- 

 cient history of ornithology in the apt de- 

 scriptions quoted from Homer, Hesiod, Aris- 

 tophanes and Aristotle. 



Dr. T. S. Palmer then made a plea for 

 broader historical study in connection with 

 ornithology, particularly in the study of the 

 ornithology of California. An exact knowl- 

 edge of the lives of early collectors in the 

 state would solve many questions of locality 

 and nomenclature. 



Before adjournment, the President ap- 

 pointed Messrs. Bryant and Wright as the 

 committee to investigate the question of 

 crude oil and the destruction of bird-life. 

 Adjourned. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



May. — The May meeting of the Northern 

 Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club 

 was held at the home o'f the Secretary at 

 3:30 p. m., May 13, 1917. Dr. Evermann 

 called the meeting to order with the follow- 

 ing members and friends in attendance: 

 Messrs. Carriger, Davis, Evermann, Grin- 

 nell, Hansen, Holman, Lastreto, Morley, 

 Smith, Steinmetz, Swarth, Wright; 

 Mesdames Allen, Culver, Ferguson, Grin- 

 nell, Gunn, Kelley, Kluegel, Knappen, Lom- 

 bardi, Schlessinger, Swezey. The visitors 

 were: Mr. Allen, Mrs. Essenberg, Mr. and 

 Mrs. Kibbe, Mrs. Morley, Mrs. Smith, Mr. 

 and Mrs. Smythe, Miss Straight, Mrs. 

 Swarth, Master George Swarth and Miss 

 Kelley. 



After the reading of the April minutes of 

 the Northern Division and voting their ap- 

 proval, the April applicants, Mrs. Edwin T. 

 Blake, Mrs. A. H. Cole, Mrs. Bessie W. 

 Kibbe, and five others whose names were 



proposed at the March meeting of the South- 

 ern Division were elected to membership. 



Mr. Lastreto reported for the committee 

 appointed to investigate the killing of sup- 

 posedly obnoxious birds in Golden Gate 

 Park. The committee had agreed to report 

 as really destructive the Cooper and the 

 Sharp-shinned Hawks, but to ask that the 

 Kingfishers, Owls and Red-tailed Hawks be 

 protected. Correspondence with the police 

 having proved unsatisfactory, the committee 

 had written to Mr. John McLaren, Superin- 

 tendent of the Park. In the absence of Dr. 

 Bryant, Mr. Lastreto reported the activity of 

 the joint committee of the Cooper Club and 

 the Audubon Association of the Pacific with 

 regard to the control of crude oil on the Pa- 

 cific. 



Dr. Grinnell then gave a talk on "The 

 Birds of Death Valley", presenting many in- 

 teresting problems of migration and adapta- 

 tion. After adjournment members of the 

 Club went for a walk in Strawberry Canyon. 

 — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



April. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southern Division was held at the Museum 

 of History, Science and Art, April 27, 1917. 

 President Miller officiated, with other mem- 

 bers in attendance as follows: Appleton, 

 Brown, Bishop, Daggett, Holland, Little, 

 Nokes, Wyman and Shepardson. Mr. Han- 

 naford was a visitor. 



Minutes of the March meeting were read 

 and approved, followed by reading of min- 

 utes of the other Divisions. On motion of 

 Dr. Nokes, seconded by Mr. Brown, the ap- 

 plicants whose names were presented at the 

 March meeting, were elected. New names 

 were presented as follows: Dr. William 

 Henry Bergtold, 1159 Race St., Denver, 

 Colo.; Henry O. Havemeyer, 129 Front St., 

 New York City; Frank Charles Hennessey, 

 457 Albert St., Ottawa, Ontario, Canada; 

 Charles F. Jenney, 100 Gordon Ave., Hyde 

 Park, Mass.; Harold L. Madison, Curator 

 Park Museum, Providence, R. I.; and Joseph 

 Welsh, Pasadena Hardware Co., Pasadena, 

 Calif.; all presented by W. Lee Chambers; 

 A. W. Hannaford, R. R. 9, Box 700, Los Ange- 

 les, by D. I. Shepardson; Harry V. Johnson, 

 R. R. 1, Escondido, Calif., by A. M. Inger- 

 soll; Mrs. Eugene W. Leach, 736 Wisconsin 

 St., Racine, Wis., by Wright M. Pierce. 



There being no other business matters for 

 consideration, the members informally dis- 

 cussed bird matters and inspected a series 

 of skins of the duck family. Adjourned. — 

 L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 



