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while the Alaska species favors more open 

 places, generally on more level ground. 



Inspection of a tray of hummingbirds, 

 swifts, and goatsuckers, and discussion of 

 the same, proved an interesting feature of 

 the meeting. Adjourned. — L. E. Wyman, 

 Secretary. 



February. — Regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at 8 p. m., February 28, at 

 the Museum of History, Science and Art. 

 Vice-president Willett was in the chair, with 

 the following members present: Messrs. 

 Appleton, Bishop, Brown, Brouse, Chambers, 

 Enoch, Esterly, Hanford, Holland, Howell, 

 Law. Little, Morcom, Reis, Rich, Shepard- 

 son, Stormont, Tallman and Wyman; and 

 Mrs. Law, Mrs. Howell, Mr. Webber, and 

 Master George Willett were visitors. 



Minutes of the January meeting were read 

 and approved. Miss Iilo A. Winters, Arthur 

 Herbert Norton, T. Boyer, J. Walcott Thomp- 

 son, and E. W. Hadler, were elected to mem- 

 bership; also, H. van Straaten, and Miss 

 Edna B. Billings, whose names were re- 

 ceived from the Northern Division. New 

 names presented for membership were: Ed- 

 mund Silliman, Salinas, and Willard Hill, 

 Wasco, Kern Co., Calif., by O. P. Silliman; 

 W. B. Johnstone, Edgewood, B. C, by J. A. 

 Munro; W. D. Richardson, 4215 Prairie Ave., 

 Chicago, Emerson A. Stoner, Box 444, Beni- 

 cia, Calif., and Frank C. Evans, Crawfords- 

 ville, Ind., by W. Lee Chambers. 



On motion by Dr. Rich, the members ap- 

 proved the action of the executive committee 

 in re-appointing Messrs. Grinnell and Swarth 

 as editors of The Condor, and Messrs. Law 

 and Chambers as business managers, for the 

 ensuing year. 



Business Manager's report for 1917 was 

 submitted and explained by Mr. Law. On 

 motion by Mr. Shepardson the report, which 

 showed unexpectedly gratifying financial 

 conditions, was accepted, and a vote of 

 thanks tendered to Messrs. Law and Cham- 

 bers for their able work in behalf of the 

 Club. 



There followed an hour of general discus- 

 sion and inspection of a series of horned 

 larks and flycatchers. Adjourned. — L. E. 

 Wyman, Secretary. 



March. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, March 28, at 8:00 p. m. In 

 the absence of President and Vice-president, 

 Mr. H. M. Holland was acclaimed Chairman. 

 Other members present were: Messrs. Bish- 

 op, Brouse, Daggett, Esterly, Hanaford, 



Little, Nokes, Reis, Rich and Stormont. 

 Minutes of the February meeting were read 

 and approved, and the candidates whose 

 names were presented at that meeting were 

 duly elected to membership. 



Dr. Bishop exhibited a number of recently- 

 taken specimens of Rufus and Allen Hum- 

 mingbirds, showing the similarities of the 

 two species, and gave an interesting talk on 

 them. A considerable series of study skins 

 cf Jays, Crows and Red-wings was inspected 

 and discussed. Adjourned. — W. Lee Cham- 

 bers, Secretary pro tern. 



April. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, April 25, at 8:00 p. m. Pres- 

 ident Miller officiated, with the following 

 members present: Messrs. Bishop, Brown, 

 Chambers, Colburn, Daggett, Esterly, Hana- 

 ford, Holland, Howell, Law, Little, Nokes, 

 Reis, Robertson, Shepardson, Stormont, 

 Wyman, and Mrs. Law. Mrs. Bishop and 

 Mrs. Howell were visitors. 



Minutes of the Northern Division were 

 read. Names presented for membership 

 were: Miss May T. Cooke, Washington, D. 

 C, by T. S. Palmer; Donald A. Gilchrist, 

 Flagstaff, Ariz., and Gorm Lcftfield, Tuc- 

 son, Ariz., by W. P. Taylor; Ralph Lawson, 

 Salem, Mass.; G. Franklin Brown, Needham, 

 Mass.; Stanley Clisby Arthur, New Orleans, 

 La.; Lombard Carter Jones, M. D., Fal- 

 mouth, Mass.; Gardner D. Stout, New York 

 City; and Mrs. Jennie E. B. Webster, New 

 York City, by W. Lee Chambers; John Zer- 

 lang and Lawrence Zerlang, Samoa, Hum- 

 boldt Co., California, by John M. Davis; and 

 Walter C. Henderson, Washington, D. C, by 

 Robert W. Williams. 



A letter from Dr. W. P. Taylor, of the Bio- 

 logical Survey, in regard to the status of 

 the Heath Hen and the Martha's Vineyard 

 Reservation, was read by Mr. Law, on whose 

 motion, duly seconded and carried, the Sec- 

 retary was instructed to write the Chairman 

 of the Massachusetts Fish and Game Com- 

 mission for information on the subject. Mr. 

 Chambers invited the members to hold the 

 May meeting at his home in Eagle Rock. 

 The invitation was quickly accepted. 



In the general discussion that followed 

 the business meeting various members told 

 of recent collecting experiences. Mr. How- 

 ell found the Yuma Horned Lark at Mecca 

 in March, but Dr. Bishop was unable to in- 

 clude it in a list of forty-two species found 

 a month later at Thermal, which station is 

 supposed to be well within the range limit 

 of this lark. Mr. Wyman recorded the same 



