Nov., L917 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



189 



Mr. Kibbe, Mrs. Rusk, Mrs. Walker, Mr. 

 Meade and Mr. and Mrs. Smythe. 



The minutes cf the July meeting were 

 read and approved, and Miss Edna Billings 

 was elected to membership. Three propos- 

 als for membership were Augustus S. Kibbe, 

 1534 Grove St., Berkeley, Cal., proposed by 

 H. S. Swarth; Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Smythe, 

 Fernwald, head of Dwight Way, Berkeley, 

 proposed by Miss Susan B. Culver. 



Posters sent out by the Audubon Associ- 

 ation were exhibited by Mr. Grinnell. Va- 

 rious vacation experiences were then relat- 

 ed. Mr. Kibbe gave a report of the trip 

 taken by the Pacific Association of Audubon 

 Societies to the Farallon Islands. This was 

 followed by a discussion of possible ways of 

 protecting migrating birds as they fly about 

 lighthouses. Dr. Evermann and Mr. Carri- 

 ger spoke of the changed conditions at the 

 Farallons in recent years. Miss Wythe gave 

 an account of birds observed during a camp- 

 ing trip in Plumas County, and Mr. Squires 

 reported interesting finds in Marin County 

 during the nesting season. Adjourned. — 

 Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



September. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 

 ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology, Berkeley, on Thursday eve- 

 ning, September 20, at eight o'clock. Dr. 

 Evermann was in the chair, and the follow- 

 ing members were present: Messrs. Bryant, 

 Carriger, Davis, Evermann, Kibbe, Smythe, 

 Swarth, Wheeler, Wiley and Wright; 

 Mesdames Allen, Culver, Ferguson, Gram, 

 Grinnell, Kibbe, Kluegel, Lueddemann, 

 Meade, Schlesinger, Swarth and Wythe. 

 The visitors present were Messrs. Martens, 

 Meade, Schlesinger and Smith; Mesdames 

 Evermann, Ferguson, Griffith, Leggett and 

 Wheeler. 



The minutes of the August meeting of the 

 Northern Division were read and approved. 

 The July minutes of the Southern Division 

 were then read, after which, on motion of 

 Dr. Bryant, Mr. Augustus S. Kibbe and Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. H. Smythe were elected to 

 membership. Mr. Carl Lien, Destruction 

 Island, Astoria, Oregon, was proposed for 

 membership by Wharton Huber of the 

 Southern Division. 



The vacancy on the executive committee 

 of the California Associated Societies for 

 the Conservation of Wild Life, caused by 

 the resignation cf Tracy I. Storer, was filled 

 by the election of Rev. W. A. Squires to 

 that position. 



Business having been disposed of, the 



Club listened to Mr. Swarth's interesting de- 

 scription of the "Apache Trail" in central 

 Arizona, illustrated by beautiful colored 

 slides, which had been loaned for the occa- 

 sion by the Southern Pacific Railroad. Ad- 

 journed. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



August. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, August 30, 1917. Vice- 

 President Law officiated, with the following 

 members present: Messrs. Colburn, Cook- 

 man, Daggett, Hannaford, Holland, Little, 

 Nokes, Reis, Rich, Shepardson, Wyman; 

 Mrs. Law and Miss Germain. Miss Crew and 

 Mr. Stormont were visitors. 



Minutes of the July meeting were read 

 and approved. An electing ballot was cast 

 for Carl Lien, Astoria, Oregon. New names 

 presented were: Capt. P. H. Gosse, R. A. M. 

 C, no. 10, C. C. S., 2nd Army, Br. Expedi- 

 tionary Force, France (permanent address, 

 Saville Club, London), proposed by Capt. 

 Allan Brooks; and Frank A. Leach, 217 Hill- 

 side Ave., Piedmont, Calif., by W. Lee Cham- 

 bers. 



There being no other business matters for 

 consideration, the members listened to an 

 account, by Mr. Cookman, of an expedition 

 to the Coronados Islands, in which he and 

 two others participated. Several trays of 

 skins of Gallinaceous birds were then inspect- 

 ed and discussed. Adjourned. — L. E. Wy- 

 man, Secretary. 



September. — Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, September 27, 1917. Mem- 

 bers present were: Messrs. Brown, Cox, Dag- 

 gett, Fisher, Holland, Hannaford, Law, Lit 

 tie, Miller, Nokes, Reis, Willett and Wyman ; 

 Mrs. Law and Miss Little. Visitors were Mr. 

 Harter and Mrs. Young. 



Minutes of the July meeting of the North- 

 August meeting. Miss Little presented the 

 name of Pauline Rodgers Young, Canille, 

 Santa Cruz Co., Ariz., for membership. 



The members then listened to a most in- 

 teresting talk by Dr. Fisher concerning the 

 experiences of the Death Valley Expedition, 

 of which he was a member, as were also Dr. 

 C. H. Merriam, Mr. Vernon Bailey, and the 

 late General Funston. Dr. Fisher retraced 

 the route of the expedition and related in de- 

 tail many of the incidents that gave it im- 

 portance biologically, and others that added 

 the element of human interest. Adjourned. 

 L. E. Wyman, Secretary, 



