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appoint a member to cooperate with their 

 committee, which had been appointed to in- 

 vestigate and report upon the destruction of 

 bird life by the light-houses on the Pacific 

 Coast, was read, and the appointment, duly 

 authorized, was left to the Chair. 



On the suggestion of the President, it was 

 moved and carried that the Executive Com- 

 mittee of the Northern Division enter into 

 communication with the Executive Commit- 

 tee of the Southern Division to arrange for 

 representation on the program at the meet- 

 ing of the Western Society of Naturalists, 

 to be held in connection with the next meet- 

 ing of the Pacific Association for the Ad- 

 vancement of Science. 



With the concurrence of Professor Sny- 

 der, the program announced for the evening- 

 was postponed, and the Club was entertained 

 by a talk by Mr. Edmund Heller, field nat- 

 uralist of the American Museum of Natural 

 History, on his recent collecting trip in the 

 Orient. His description cf the lack of in- 

 sectivorous birds in Japan, with no visible 

 detrimental effects upon the crops or for- 

 ests, led to a discussion of the real expla- 

 nation of this seeming discrepancy. Ad- 

 journed. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHEEN DIVISION 



November. — Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologi- 

 cal Club, was held at 8:00 p. m. at the Mu- 

 seum of History, Science and Art. Presi- 

 dent Miller officiated. Members present 

 were Messrs. Bishop, Brouse, Dickey, Enoch, 

 Hannaford, Holland, Howell, Granville, 

 Lamb, Owen, Rich, John Robertson, Trenor, 

 Willett, and Wyman; and Mrs. E. F. Husher. 

 Visitors were Mrs. Bishop, Miss Brouse, and 

 Mr. Volney Enoch. 



Minutes of the August and September 

 meetings were read and approved, followed 

 by reading of minutes of the Northern Divi- 

 sion for the same months. On proper mo- 

 tion, the Secretary was instructed to cast an 

 electing ballot for Pauline Rodgers Young, 

 Canille, Arizona, whose name was proposed 

 at the previous meeting. New names were 

 proposed as follows: Grace McCormac 

 French, Carlton, Oregon, by Mrs. R. Bruce 

 Horsfall; Alfred M. Bailey, Louisiana State 

 Museum, New Orleans, Louisiana, by Geo. 

 Willett; W. P. Stormont, Los Angeles, by J. 

 Eugene Law; James George French, Victo- 

 ria, B. C, Canada; E. A. Doolittle, Paines- 

 ville, Ohio; and John Williams, Iowa City, 

 Iowa, by W. Lee Chambers; Frederick 

 Greenwood, Spokane, Washington, by Wal- 

 ter P. Taylor. 



On motion by Dr. Rich, seconded by Mr. 

 Willett, the members approved the action of 

 the Secretary in sending out postcard no- 

 tices covering stated meetings for the en- 

 suing six months. 



Followed considerable discussion of the 

 troubles of bird and egg collectors in the 

 state of Utah. Dr. Bishop told recent col- 

 lecting experiences in the San Bernardino 

 Mountains. Inspection of several trays of 

 owl skins proved interesting to all. Ad- 

 journed. — L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 



December, — Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologi- 

 cal Club, was held at 8:00 p. m. at the Mu- 

 seum of History, Science and Art. Presi- 

 dent Miller occupied the chair, with the fol- 

 lowing members in attendance: Messrs. 

 Bishop, Brown, Chambers, Daggett, Esterly, 

 Hannaford, Holland, Howell, Enoch, Law, 

 Rich, Stormont, Wall, Willett, and Wyman; 

 Mrs. Husher and Mrs. Law. Mrs. Bishop 

 and Mr. Anderson were visitors. 



Minutes of the November meeting were 

 read and approved. On proper motion the 

 Secretary was instructed to cast an elect- 

 ing ballot for the following names, present- 

 ed at the last meeting: Frederick Green- 

 wood, John Williams, E. A. Doolittle, James 

 George French, W. P. Stormont, A. M. Bai- 

 ley, and Grace McCormac French; also Mr. 

 and Mrs. W. H. Smythe, and Augustus S. 

 Kibbe, proposed by the Northern Division. 

 New names presented were: Volney A. 

 Enoch, Tropico, by L. E. Wyman; Thomas 

 D. Burleigh, Pittsburg, Pa., by W. Lee 

 Chambers; and Mrs. G. L. Bamford, Oak- 

 land, and Albert J. Kirn, Paola, Kansas, 

 from the Northern Division. Dr. Rich moved 

 that nominations, for the coming election, 

 be made from the floor. Carried. 



Business ended, the usual informal dis- 

 cussions followed. Mr. Howell read letters 

 from a man who claimed to have found a 

 "red gull" dead on the beach — and sent 

 some poorly dyed feathers as evidence. 

 Dr. Bishop related recent experiences col- 

 lecting birds in the desert, while Mr. Howell 

 told of collecting mammals on the same 

 trip. Judge Wall reported finding a nest of 

 young meadowlarks in December; and Mr. 

 Law told of a recent collecting and hunting 

 trip in the Mogollon Mountains of New Mex- 

 ico, also of receiving Thick-billed Parrots 

 in the flesh from Arizona. Inspection of 

 several trays of woodpeckers, kingfishers, 

 etc., completed the evening. Adjourned. — 

 L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 



