Sept., 1917 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



17.S 



of West Central Oregon. By Alfred C. 

 Shelton. =Univ. Oregon Bull., new series, 

 vol. xiv, no. 4, January, 1917, pp. 1-51, map, 

 10 halftone figs, on 4 "plates"; our copy re- 

 ceived May 16, 1917. 



We have observed that the typographical 

 correctness of a published paper is nearly 

 always a pretty good criterion of its worth- 

 iness in other respects. If an author has 

 taken pains to do thorough proof-reading, 

 attending to every detail of punctuation and 

 spelling, he is very likely to have exerted a 

 like degree of care in selecting, testing and 

 compiling the facts which make up his pa- 

 per. 



The present contribution gives an imme- 

 diate impression of careful execution 

 throughout. And close scrutiny of the data 

 presented discloses no serious error as far 

 as we have been able to judge. Field work 

 in Oregon has not as yet been prosecuted 

 very far; at least there have been but few 

 distributional studies. The present one, 

 dealing with the birds of a section of cen- 

 tral Oregon extending from the Cascades 

 west through the upper Willamette country 

 to the seacoast, is consequently very wel- 

 come. 



Mr. Shelton has essayed to divide the area 

 treated into six belts or life-zones, in a gen- 

 eral way paralleling the seacoast and moun- 

 tain axes, as shown by his map. The dis- 

 tribution of the birds is given in terms of 

 these, with good effect we should say. A 

 total of 143 species of land birds is listed, 

 the more notable among which are the Hep- 

 burn Rosy Finch, Alaska Pine Grosbeak, Al- 

 pine Three-toed Woodpecker, and Great 

 Gray Owl. These four species were all 

 found on the high Cascade Mountains, 

 where the Rosy Finch, at least, is practical- 

 ly certain to nest. 



The region of Mr. Shelton's work, with the 

 University of Oregon as headquarters, is 

 one of exceptional interest as regards its 

 vertebrate zoology. It is to be hoped that 

 he will find conditions favorable to prosecut- 

 ing his studies much farther. Incidentally 

 we note from the present contribution that 

 the University of Oregon Department of 

 Zoology is already possessed of some valua- 

 ble material in the line of rare birds. — J. 

 Grin nell. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



July. — The regular meeting of the North- 

 ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 

 Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate 

 Zoology on Thursday evening, July 19, 

 1917, with President Evermann in the chair. 



A number of visitors were present, among 

 whom were Mrs. Malcolm P. Anderson, Miss 

 Dodge, Miss Dorothea Harcus, Mr. and Mrs. 

 Kurt Heller, Miss Olive Henderson, Mr. 

 Kibbe, Mrs. Charles H. Lee, Miss Lela Len- 

 fest, Mrs. J. Labarthe, Mr. Martens, Miss 

 Stanley, Dr. Spalding, Mr. and Mrs. Smythe, 

 and Mr. and Mrs. George M. Turner. The 

 members present were Messrs. Anderson, 

 Bishop, Carriger, Evermann, Dixon, De 

 Groot, Heinemann, Labarthe, Lastreto, 

 Squires, Swarth, Wheeler; Mrs. Allen, Miss 

 Atsatt, Mrs. Kibbe, Mrs. Kluegel, Mrs. New- 

 hall, and Mrs. Schlesinger. 



The minutes of the May meeting were 

 read and corrected, and the minutes for 

 the April, May and June meetings of the 

 Southern Division were read. The ten pro- 

 posals for membership recorded in the min- 

 utes of the Southern Division were approv- 

 ed, and the name of Miss Edna Billings, 

 Harrington, Washington, was proposed by 

 Mr. Morton E. Peck. 



A letter from Mr. E. W. Nelson was read, 

 acknowledging his election to honorary 

 membership in the Club. 



The report of the business managers, 

 Messrs. Chambers and Law, was read by 

 the secretary, after which Vice President 

 Squires took the chair and announced the 

 program of the evening: a paper on the bird 

 rookeries at Pyramid Lake by Dr. Evermann. 

 Since all efforts to procure a lantern had 

 failed, Dr. Evermann postponed his paper 

 on the subject announced and gave an ac- 

 count of recent visits to Los Banos, Bird 

 Rock, the Farallon Islands and Pyramid 

 Lake, and raised! the question of the pro- 

 tection of fish-eating birds. Mr. Wheeler, 

 who had visited Pyramid Lake in 1898. add- 

 ed some interesting items and joined Dr. 

 Bishop in a protest against over-protec- 

 tion. 



Mr. Heinemann offered a motion that the 

 report of the business managers, which had 

 been read earlier in the evening, be accept- 

 ed and placed oh file, and that the Club ex- 

 tend a hearty vote of thanks to Messrs. 

 Chambers and Law. The motion was un- 

 animously carried. Adjourned. — Amelia S. 

 Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



May. — The regular monthly meeting was 

 held at the Museum of History, Science and 

 Art, May 31, 1917, with President Miller in 

 the chair and the following members pres- 

 ent: Messrs. Bishop, Chambers, Daggett, 

 Hanna, Holland, Little, Reis, Rich, Robert- 

 son, Peyton, Shepardson, Wall, Wyman, and 



