Sept., 1918 



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the meeting to order. The following mem- 

 bers were present: Messrs. Davis, Ever- 

 mann, Kibbe, Smith, Swarth; Madames Al- 

 len, Bamford, Ferguson, Kibbe, Knappen, 

 Meade, Lueddemann, Schlesinger, Wythe. 

 Visitors were Mr. Allen, Miss Barrows, Mrs. 

 Bruce, Mrs. Evermann, Miss Ferguson, Mrs. 

 House, Miss House, Mr. Meade, Mrs. Smith 

 and Mr. Strong. 



The minutes of the April meeting were 

 read and approved and Mr. Frederick Alex- 

 ander Schneider, one of the founders of the 

 club who had dropped out for a number of 

 years, was elected again to membership. 

 The following proposals were made: Mr. M. 

 Herrick Spaulding, Montana Agricultural 

 College, Bozeman, Montana, by W. P. Tay- 

 lor and J. Grinnell, and Miss Elizabeth Fer- 

 guson, 5 Panoramic Way, Berkeley, by Mrs. 

 J. T. Allen. The committee appointed to 

 consider the resignation of Dr. Gibbons re- 

 ported in favor of establishing an absentee 

 list with remission of dues for all members 

 resigning to enter army service, such provi- 

 sion to be submitted to the Southern Divi- 

 sion for approval. On motion of Mr. Swarth, 

 seconded by Mrs. Ferguson, the report was 

 accepted. Dr. Evermann then gave a very 

 interesting account of the work cf three of 

 America's early naturalists, Audubon, Wil- 

 son and Rafinesque. After disposing of a 

 "loan collection of specimens," the club en- 

 joyed a short field trip through Strawberry- 

 Canyon. — Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



Junk. — The regular monthly meeting of 

 the Northern Division of the Cooper Ornith- 

 ological Club was held at the Museum of 

 Vertebrate Zoology at 8 p. m.. June 20, 1918. 

 In the absence of the president and vice- 

 president, Dr. Bryant took the chair. The 

 following members were present: Messrs. 

 Andersen, Beck, Bryant, Carriger, Dixon, 

 Grinnell, Hansen, Loomis, Swarth and 

 Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Culver, Ferguson, 

 Gunn, Meade, Schlesinger, Smythe. Visitors: 

 Mrs. Bryant, Mrs. Dixon, Miss Hittell, Miss 

 Marsh, Miss Roup, Mrs. Roup, Mrs. Wheeler, 

 Mr. Meade and Mr. Schlesinger. 



The minutes of the May meeting were read 

 and approved, and the Southern Division 

 minutes for March, April, and May were 

 read. Miss Elizabeth Ferguson, Berkeley, 

 and M. Herrick Spaulding, Montana Agri- 

 cultural College, Bozeman, Montana, were 

 elected to membership, and the names pro- 

 posed before the Southern Division in April 

 and May (fifteen in all) were approved. 

 Miss Eva Griffin, San Francisco, was pro- 

 posed for membership by Mrs. Allen. 



Business disposed of, the club enjoyed the 

 privilege of listening to a talk entitled "A 

 California Bird-Collector on South American 

 Coasts and Islands" by Mr. R. H. Beck. 

 Beautiful colored views were thrown on the 

 screen, illustrating the life of the peoples of 

 the different countries visited, as well as 

 that of the petrels, penguins, ducks, cormor- 

 ants, albatrosses and other birds. Ad- 

 journed.— Amelia S. Allen, Secretary. 



July. — The regular meeting of the Cooper 

 Ornithological Club was held at the Museum 

 of Vertebrate Zoology at 8 p. m.. July IS, 

 1918. Dr. Evermann presided and the oth- 

 ers present were Messrs. Anderson, Bryant, 

 Carriger, Dixon, Grinnell, Kibbe, Lastreto, 

 Loomis, Noack and Trenor; Mesdames Allen, 

 Blayney, Ferguson, Elizabeth Ferguson, 

 Kibbe, Kluegel, Lueddemann, Meade and 

 Wythe. Visitors: Mrs. Dixon, Mrs. Ever- 

 mann, Miss Evermann, Mrs. Roup, Miss 

 Roup, Mrs. Thomson, Miss Thomson, and Mr. 

 Meade. The minutes of the June meeting- 

 were read and approved. Miss Eva Griffin 

 was elected to membership in the club and 

 the name of Mrs. G. E. Kelly, Alameda, was 

 proposed by Mrs. Bessie W. Kibbe. A letter 

 from Mr. Remington Kellogg, containing in- 

 teresting comments on the wild life in 

 France, was read by Dr. Grinnell. 



In the absence of Dr. Miller, who was pre- 

 vented by illness from giving his talk on 

 the fossil birds found in the asphalt beds of 

 southern California, Mr. Joseph Dixon gave 

 an illustrated talk on the life histories of 

 the Pacific Horned Owl, the Long-eared 

 Owl, and the Prairie Falcon, as observed in 

 southern California. After some discussion 

 the club adjourned to enjoy a closer inspec- 

 tion of the skins exhibited and also of some 

 very attractive paintings of ground squir- 

 rels by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. — Amelia S. 

 Allen, Secretary. 



SOUTHERN DIVISION 



May. — Regular monthly meeting of the 

 Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held May 26 at 3:30 p. m. at the 

 home of Mr. W. Lee Chambers, at Eagle 

 Rock. President Miller was in the chair, 

 with other members present: Messrs. 

 Brown, Chambers, Edwards, Law, Moran, 

 Morcom, Reis, Rittenhouse, Wyman and 

 Zahn; Mesdames Law and Harmon. Visit- 

 ors were Mr. Carruthers, and Mesdames 

 Chambers, Edwards, Moran, Pratt and Wy- 

 man. 



