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Vol. XX 



ographic range of the form, concisely stated; 

 the number of specimens in the Field Muse- 

 um, with the localities represented. An as- 

 terisk preceding a species name indicates 

 its representation in the Museum collection 

 (needlessly it would seem, since the speci- 

 mens are listed), and a dagger preceding the 

 number of specimens indicates that some 

 are available for exchange. 



Descriptions are given of such species and 

 subspecies as are not included in Ridgway's 

 "Birds of North and Middle America" and 

 the "Catalogue of Birds of the British Muse- 

 um". This is one reason for the publication 

 of Part ii prior to Part i, which will await 

 the completion of Ridgway's work, thereby 

 covering forms already described by the lat- 

 ter, and avoiding duplication of labors. 



In the present volume the birds of special 

 interest to ornithologists of North America 

 are the owls, kingfishers, goatsuckers, and 

 hummingbirds. Recent studies are given 

 liberal recognition, and many forms denied 

 by the A. O. U. Committee, or else not 

 passed upon by that body, are listed with 

 brief comment upon their status. In this 

 connection attention may be called to the 

 remarks about Cryptoglaux acadica ftrooksi 

 (page 37, footnote) as common-sense com- 

 ment upon a previously muddled situation. 



The ranges of the hummingbirds of west- 

 ern North America as given are not quite 

 so shaky as in the A. O. U. Check-List, but 

 the author "hedges" by not differentiating 

 between breeding range and distribution at 

 other seasons, lumping all under general 

 statements. It is in just the manner in 

 which this discrimination is made that the 

 A. O. U. Check-List is so largely at fault. 

 Of minor errors of the kind that seem bound 

 to creep into a book of this nature, atten- 

 tion may be called to the following, as per- 

 taining to western birds: On page 297, San 

 Bernardino is misspelled twice in different 

 ways, and Santa Margarita Island is wrong- 

 ly described as adjacent to the coast of 

 southern California. On page 29 the name 

 bendirei is consistently mispelled on each 

 of the several occasions on which it is used, 

 and on page 44 hoskinsii is similarly mis- 

 spelled. On page 129 Marin County is mis- 

 spelled in giving the type locality of Phalaen- 

 optilus nuttalli californicus. These blunders 

 are not apt to give any trouble to Califor- 

 nian ornithologists, but misspelled locality 

 names are frequently bothersome to stud- 

 ents at a distance, investigating a region 

 with which they are not familiar. 



To bring together and to systematize the 

 data necessary to a work as comprehensive 

 as this "Catalogue" is an undertaking of 

 no small dimensions, and ornithologists 

 have occasion for gratitude to the author 

 compiling such a hand-book, as well as to 

 the institution that sponsors it. — H. S. 

 Swarth. 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 



NORTHERN DIVISION 



January. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Club was 

 held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 

 Berkeley, on the evening of January 17, 

 1918, at eight o'clock. Dr. Evermann was in 

 the chair. There was an attendance of 43, 

 the following members being present: 

 Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, Davis, Dr. Davis, 

 Dixon, Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Kibbe, 

 Lastreto, Snyder, Swarth, van Straaten, 

 and Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Bamford, 

 Ferguson, Grinnell, Gunn, Kluegel, Knap- 

 pen, Meade, Parsons, Randolph and Schles- 

 inger. Among the visitors were Mrs. Ever- 

 mann, Miss Ferguson, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. 

 Meade and Mr. Schlesinger. 



The minutes of the December meeting- 

 were read and approved and Mr. van Straa- 

 ten was elected to membership in the club. 

 Dr. R. M. Leggett, 607 Butler Bldg., San 

 Francisco, was proposed for membership by 

 Mr. Harold Hansen, and Mr. Adrey Borell, 

 Route H, Box 31, Fresno, by Mr. J. Grin- 

 nell. The resignation of Mrs. Margaret 

 Boardman was accepted. 



A motion was carried that nominees for 

 office for the coming year be elected by ac- 

 clamation. Mr. Lastreto presided, while the 

 club elected Dr. Barton W. Evermann, presi- 

 dent, Prof. J. O. Snyder, vice-president, Mrs. 

 A. S. Allen, secretary, and Mr. A. S. Kibbe, 

 representative on the committee for the con- 

 servation of wild life. 



Prof. J. O. Snyder then spoke on the "col- 

 lecting of birds' eggs and the training of a 

 naturalist", making a plea for the protection 

 of the divine spark in the small boy, train- 

 ing him in proper methods of collecting ma- 

 terial and tabulating information. After 

 some discussion the club adjourned. — 

 Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



February. — The regular meeting of the 

 Northern Division of the Cooper Club was 

 held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, 

 February 21, at 8 p. m. As both the presi- 

 dent and vice-president were absent Mr. La- 

 streto was asked to preside. The following 

 members were present: Messrs. Anderson, 

 Bryant, Cooper, Dixon, Grinnell, Hansen, 

 Kibbe, Leggett, Lastreto, van Straaten, 

 Swarth, Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Bam- 

 ford, Davidson, Ferguson, Grant, Grinnell, 

 Gunn, Head, Knappen, Kibbe, Lombardi, 

 Parsons. Visitors: Messrs. Austin, Hunt, 

 Lombardi, Miss Ferguson, Miss Griffith, 

 Mrs. Gunn, and Mrs. Wheeler. 



