July, 1921 
On proper motion the entertainment feat- 
ure of the evening preceded the business 
meeting. This consisted of a lecture, illus- 
trated by wonderful moving pictures oi 
birds and mammals, by Mr. W. L. Finley, 
and was hugely enjoyed by all persent as 
being not only entertaining but highly in- 
structive. 
Followed a short recess, when formal busi- 
ness was taken up. Minutes of the previous 
meeting were read and approved, while read- 
ing oi those of the Northern Division was 
Waived. New presentations were as follows: 
Mrs. Delpha S. Miller, Glendale, by Loye 
Miller; Frederick Norman Gallup, Escondi- 
do, by C. S. Sharp; Max Walker de Lauben- 
feis, La Grange, Ill., by W. Lee Chambers; 
Delacourt Kell, Claremont, by Wright M. 
Pierce. The Northern Division sent the 
names of Ella B. Drummond, Berkeley; J. 
W. Winson, Huntington, B. C.; Lionel V. 
Taylor, Kelowna, B..C.; Kenneth Racey, 
Vancouver, B. C.; Carroll McGettigan, San 
Francisco. 
The resignation of Mr. Howell as vice- 
president was tendered and accepted on mo- 
tion of Dr. Rich, seconded by Mr. Chambers. 
Nominations of Dr. Rich and Mr. Pierce to 
fill the vacancy brought the withdrawal of 
the former; and on motion of Dr. Miller the 
secretary was instructed to cast a favoring 
ballot for Mr. Pierce, who was declared 
elected. 
Messrs. Chambers and Miller were named 
to assist the president in formulating reso- 
lutions on the death of John Lewis Childs, 
on motion of Dr. Miller that the chair ap- 
point a committee of three, including the 
chairman, for this purpose. A motion by 
Dr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Little, that the 
executive committee be designated as the 
official committee on entertainment, was 
unanimously carried. Adjourned.—L. IE. 
WYMAN, Secretary. 
Aprit.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Cooper Ornithoiogical Club, Southern 
Division, was held April 28, 1921, at 8 P. M., 
at the Museum of History, Science and Art. 
President Dickey presided. About fifty 
members and friends attended. The chief 
feature of the evening was a talk by Dr. L. 
H. Miller on Notes of Birds. This was amply 
illustrated by imitations of bird calls and 
songs, and was thoroughly enjoyed by all 
present. 
Following a brief recess, minutes of the 
March meeting were read and approved. 
New applications for membership were: 
Grasher C. Bacon, Madisonville, Ky., by D. 
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Bernard Bull; Clarence Abram Barnes, Los 
Angeles, by W. Lee Chambers; and R. W. 
Limbert, Boise, Idaho, by George Tonkin. 
A communication from the vice-president of 
the California Art Club, relative to a contri- 
bution by the Cooper Club to a proposed 
fund to erect a memorial to the late F. S. 
Daggett, was presented. On motion by Mr. 
Law, the secretary was instructed to advise 
the writer that the Cooper Club had no fund 
available for that purpose, and to transmit 
the names of individuals who might wish 
to contribute. 
A request, from the Atascadero Chamber 
of Commerce, for the Club’s endorsement of 
a proposed “bird pageant”, was tabled pend- 
ing further information on the subject, and 
Mr. Chambers was requested to investigate 
and report at a later meeting. 
The committee on _ resolutions on the 
death of Mr. Childs reported as follows: 
Whereas, science, if it is to function fully, 
must of necessity enroll in its support not 
only the trained specialist, but, equally, the 
scientific enthusiast who brings much of his 
heart, although but part of his time, to its 
Service. and 
Whereas, in the passing of the late John 
Lewis Childs the Cooper Ornithological Club 
has lost a member who filled that latter 
niche in Club affairs with peculiar force, who 
stood always ready to give unstintingly of 
constructive suggestion or material aid in a 
degree which only those who piloted the 
Club through early years can ever fully 
know, who was at once an inspiration to 
some of us in student days and later a reli- 
ance to some, in furthering our scientific 
ends, but who was to us all a fellow member 
who brightened many meetings with a quiet 
charm we will not soon forget; 
Now, therefore, be it resolved, that the 
Southern Division of this society spread upon 
its minutes this expression of admiration for 
his life,—of heart-felt bereavement in his 
death. : 
Cn motion of Dr. Miller, seconded by Mr. 
Appleton, the report was accepted by a ris- 
ing vote. 
A brief informal discussion of bird mat- 
ters completed the session. Adjourned.—-L. 
E. WyMAN, Secretary. 
May.—Regular meeting of the Southern 
Division, Cooper Ornithological Club, was 
held at 8 Pp. M., May 26, 1921, at the Museum 
of History, Science and Art. In the ab- 
sence of President Dickey, Vice-President 
Pierce occupied the chair. About thirty 
members and friends attended. 
The formal business meeting was preced- 
ed by an address on the “Evolution of the 
Hawaiian Bird Fauna’, by Prof. William 
Alanson Bryan. Prof. Bryan is an author- 
ity on the subject, by virtue of long resi- 
