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THE CONDOR 



Vol. XX 



Minutes of the March and April meetings 

 were read and approved. On motion by Mr. 

 Reis, the Secretary was instructed to cast 

 an electing ballot for the parties whose 

 names were proposed for membership at 

 the last meeting. New names presented 

 were: Harry Stephen Ladd, St. Louis, Mo., 

 by Mr. Chambers; Miss Lillian Holbert, Fort 

 Worth, Texas, by John B. Litsey; and M. 

 Herrick Spaulding, Bozeman, Montana, by 

 W. P. Taylor and J. Grinnell. 



A letter from the Chairman of the Massa- 

 chusetts Fish and Game Commission, re- 

 garding the status of the Heath Hen, also 

 an extract on the same subject, from the 

 annual report of that Commission, were 

 read. These showed a sad decrease in num- 

 bers, attributed to a fire which destroyed 

 breeding birds, cover and food. 



In the general discussion Mr. Reis and 

 others told of finding many nests of smaller 

 birds occupied by white-footed mice, which 

 had destroyed the eggs or buried them in 

 the nest material. Mr. Brown commented 

 upon the great numbers of White-throated 

 Swills seen in Tahquitz Canyon, and upon 

 the finding of a white Fulmar dead upon 

 the beach recently. The unusual number of 

 Western Tanagers this spring also was men- 

 tioned. Business ended, the members spent 

 a most enjoyable hour in Mr. Chambers' 

 splendid library, and in search of birds 

 about the spacious grounds. An interesting 

 feature was the nest of a Costa Hummer 

 fitted neatly to the top of a section of bam- 

 boo fish pole, of nearly the same diameter 

 as the nest, and in use as a support for a 

 small tree. Adjourned. — L. E. Wyman, Sec- 

 retary. 



June. — The regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, at 8:00 p. m., June 27, 1918. 

 In the absence of president and vice-presi- 

 dent, Mr. Daggett was acclaimed chairman 

 of the meeting. Other members present 

 were Messrs. Hanaford, Holland, Moran, 

 Reis, Robertson, Shepardson and Wyman. 

 Mrs. Moran, Miss Ingram, and two other la- 

 dies were visitors. Minutes of the May 

 meeting were read and approved, followed 

 by reading of minutes of April and May 

 meetings of the Northern Division. On mo- 

 tion by Mr. Shepardson the secretary was 

 instructed to cast an electing ballot for the 

 parties whose names were presented at the 

 previous meeting. H. E. McMinn, Professor 

 of Biology, Whittier College, was proposed 

 for membership by Dr. C. O. Esterly. On 



proper motion the members unanimously 

 approved the action of the Northern Divi- 

 sion in establishing an absentee list, with re- 

 mission of dues, for members resigning to 

 enter army service. 



In the general discussion that followed 

 the formal business meeting several mem- 

 bers related recent experiences in the field. 

 Mr. Reis produced a specimen of the mouse 

 that he had reported at the May meeting 

 as having occupied many nests of small 

 birds in the canyons of the Palos Verde hills, 

 to the destruction of eggs and young; it 

 proved to be the common house mouse. A 

 tray of skins of finches, longspurs, etc., re- 

 ceived the usual attention. Adjourned. — L. 

 E. Wyman, Secretary. 



July. — The regular monthly meeting of 

 the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological 

 Club, was held at the Museum of History, 

 Science and Art, at 8:00 p. m., July 25, 1918. 

 President and vice-president being absent, 

 Mr. F. S. Daggett was named as chairman 

 of the meeting. Other members present 

 were Messrs. Brouse, Hanaford, Holland, 

 Howard, Law, Owen, Robertson, Stormont, 

 Swarth and Wyman. Mr. Hodgkins and 

 Mrs. Howard were visitors. Minutes of the 

 June meeting were read and approved. On 

 motion by Mr. Robertson, the secretary was 

 instructed to cast an electing ballot for Prof. 

 H. E. McMinn, whose name was presented 

 at the previous meeting. New names pre- 

 sented were: S. Herbert Jenks, Pasadena, 

 and F. B. Hart, Jr., Oakland, by W. Lee 

 Chambers; Reginald Hodgkins, Los Ange- 

 les, by Virgil Owen. The following names 

 were received from the Northern Division 

 for approval: Dr. R. M. Leggett, San Fran- 

 cisco; Adrey E. Borell, Fresno; and Fred- 

 erick Alexander Schneider, San Jose. 



Business disposed of, the usual discussion 

 of matters ornithological followed. Mr. Law 

 spoke of conditions in the Bluff Lake local- 

 ity of the San Bernardino Mountains, Mr. 

 Howard told of a trip to the San Jacintos, 

 also of a visit to Baldwin Lake, in the San 

 Bernardinos, where he saw a pure albino 

 Eared Grebe, and Mr. Swarth mentioned a 

 number of breeding birds of the University 

 of California campus, at Berkeley, but which 

 are known to breed in Transition zone only 

 in southern California. Mr. Swarth also 

 spoke briefly on economic work being done 

 by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, chief- 

 ly among ground squirrels, and of field 

 work done by himself in 1917 in the deserts 

 of southern Arizona. Adjourned. — L. E. 

 Wyman, Secretary, 



