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led to think they are absorbing "scientific" 

 matter. But it seems to me that this claim 

 cannot be made honorably by any person or 

 organization, unless the greatest possible 

 care has been expended to insure scientific 

 accuracy in fact. This should be the prim- 

 ary concern, rather than be secondary to 

 speed of publication and length of sub- 

 scription list. 



Better one thoroughly good book every 

 ten years, than ten poor books discreditable 

 to the science for which it is aspired to 

 serve as popular interpreter. Popularization 

 of a science is a worthy service, but it re- 

 quires rare fidelity as well as exceptional 

 talent. — J. Grinnell. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



October. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitho- 

 logical Club was held at the Museum of Ver- 

 tebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California, on 

 Thursday evening, October 18, at eight 

 o'clock. Dr. Evermann was in the chair, and 

 the following members were present: 

 Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, De Groot, Ever- 

 mann. Grinnell, Lastreto, Mailliard, Wheeler 

 and Wright; Mesdames Allen, Ferguson, 

 Grant, Grinnell, Head, Knappen, Newhall, 

 Schlesinger. Visitors: Mr. Austin, Mr. 

 Schlesinger, Mesdames Bamford, Lenfest 

 and Wheeler. The minutes of the Septem- 

 ber meeting were read and approved, and 

 the August and September minutes of the 

 Southern Division were read. 



Mr. Carl Lien, proposed before the South- 

 ern Division, was elected to membership, 

 and the following were proposed for mem- 

 bership: Mrs. G. L. Bamford, Oakland, by 

 Miss Margaret Wythe, and Mr. Albert J. 

 Kirn, Pacla, Kansas, by H. W. Carriger; 

 also three names from the August and Sep- 

 tember minutes of the Southern Division. 



After a number of informal notes on mi- 

 gration offered by different members pres- 

 ent, Mr. Dudley S. De Groot gave a talk on 

 "The Breeding Birds of the Coronado Isl- 

 ands". Adjourned. — Amelia S. Allen, Sec- 

 retary. 



November. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 

 ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology, Berkeley, November 15, 1917, 

 at eight o'clock. The meeting was called 

 to order by President Evermann, with the 

 following members and friends in attend- 

 ance: Members: Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, 



Dixon, Grinnell, Hansen, Kibbe, Labarthe, 

 Lastreto, Smythe, Squires, Wheeler and 

 Wright; Mesdames Allen, Culver, Ferguson, 

 Grinnell, Gunn, Kibbe, Kluegel, Knappen, 

 Lueddemann, Meade, Schlesinger and 

 Smythe; Visitors: Mrs. Bamford, Mrs. La- 

 barthe and Mr. Schlesinger. 



The minutes of the October meeting were 

 read and approved. Mrs. G. L. Bamford and 

 Mr. Albert J. Kirn, whose names were pro- 

 posed at the October meeting, were elected 

 to membership, as were also Capt. Gosse, 

 Mr. Leach and Miss Young, whose names 

 were sent by the Southern Division for ap- 

 proval. The resignation of Mrs. H. C. Bry- 

 ant was accepted. Mr. Squires rendered an 

 cral report of the work of his committee in 

 its efforts to insure the protection of non- 

 injurious birds in Golden Gate Park. 



Professor Grinnell, the speaker for the 

 evening, then described the Great Basin 

 Avifauna as represented in California. Ad- 

 journed. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



December. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 

 ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 

 brate Zoology, Berkeley, on the evening of 

 December 20, at eight o'clock. Dr. Ever- 

 mann called the meeting to order. The fol- 

 lowing members were in attendance: 

 Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, Davis, Dixon, Ev- 

 ermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Heller, Kibbe, La- 

 barthe, Lastreto, Leach, Mailliard, Snyder, 

 Swarth, Wheeler and Wright; Mesdames 

 Allen, Grant, Kibbe, Kluegel, Meade, Par- 

 sons and Schlesinger. Visitors present were 

 Miss Newlin, Mrs. Labarthe, Mrs. Wheeler, 

 Professor Hall and Mr. Schlesinger. 



The name of Mr. H. Van Straaten, Oak- 

 land, was proposed by Dr. Frederick B. Da- 

 vis. Mr. Lastreto appealed to Club mem- 

 bers to support Mr. Dawson in his efforts to 

 complete "The Birds of California". Mr. 

 Lastreto also reported for the committee ap- 

 pointed to investigate the effect upon sea 

 birds of the presence of oil on the water to 

 the effect that certain of the oil companies 

 have agreed to instruct their captains not 

 to discharge oil from their vessels. 



Nominations for officers for the ensuing 

 year resulted in the following names being 

 placed before the Club: President, Dr. Bar- 

 ton W. Evermann; Vice President, Profes- 

 sor J. O. Snyder; Secretary, Mrs. A. S. Al- 

 len; representative to the Associated Socie- 

 ties for the Conservation of Wild Life, Mr. 

 A. S. Kibbe. 



A letter from the Audubon Association 

 of the Pacific asking that the Cooper Club 



