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dence in those islands and extensive study 
of their fauna, and his talk was appreciated 
by all. 
Business matters were taken up after a 
brief intermission. Minutes of the April 
meeting were read and approved. Minutes 
of the Northern Division were read by title 
only. Applications for membership were 
presented as follows: W. A. Hilton, Clare- 
mont, Calif., by Wright M. Pierce; Mrs. G. 
H. Schneider, by Helen S. Pratt; Wm. Alan- 
son Bryan, Los Angeles Museum, Exposi- 
tion Park, by L. E. Wyman; Lieut. L. R. 
Wolfe, 64th U. S. Infantry, Camp Meade, 
Md., by W. Lee Chambers; Frances Vermil- 
yea Barnes, by W. Lee Chambers; Miss Dor- 
othy K. Austin, Pasadena, Calif., by Miss 
Ethel K. Crum. The Northern Division sent 
the names of Miss Florence Van Gassbeek 
and Charles H. Baker. 
A communication from the Secretary of 
the Pacific Division of the A. A. A. S. rela- 
tive to the annual meeting was presented 
and the secretary instructed to acknowledge 
receipt and advise that the Northern Divi- 
sion would represent the club in the matter 
of arrangements. 
A letter from the Librarian of the Los 
Angeles Public Library soliciting support 
at the coming election in the matter of 2 
bond issue for a library building was read 
and ordered filed. A further communication 
from the Atascadero Chamber of Commerce 
relative to endorsement of a proposed bird 
pageant was considered unsatisfactory, and 
on motion of Dr. Miller, seconded by Mr. 
Brown, was likewise ordered filed. 
Followed the usual round of informal dis- 
cussion of bird matters, during which the 
abnormal bird movement and nesting was 
senerally commented upon and ascribed to 
the abnormal season. Adjourned.—L. KE. 
WYMAN, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
Aprit.—The Northern Division of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club met at the Muse- 
um of Vertebrate Zoology April 28 at 8 P. 
M. President Wright presided, and the fol- 
lowing members were present: Mesdames 
Allen, Ayer, Bamford, Blake, Boyle, Burk, 
Drummond, Flinn, Van Gassbeek, Griffin, 
Grinnell, Mead, Neugass, Pitcher, Reygadas, 
Roe, Schlesinger, Woodruff; Messrs. Bell, 
Carriger, Dixon, Evermann, Kellogg, Las- 
treto, Storer, Swarth, and Wheeler; Visitors, 
Miss Beaman, Miss Cassidy, Mrs. Evermann, 
Miss Kellogg, Mrs. Wheeler, and Messrs. 
Baker, Miller, and Farber. 
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[The March meeting of the Northern Di- 
vision was held informally in Golden Gate 
Park; no business being transacted, there 
were no minutes filed. ] 
The February and March minutes of the 
Southern Division were read. Names pro- 
posed were: George R. Field, Requa, Del 
Norte Co., by Tracy I. Storer; Mrs. Minnie 
Buhn, Alameda, Miss Dora H. Shinn, San 
Mateo, and Chas. H. Baker, Oakland, by H. 
C. Bryant, and Miss Florence Van Gass- 
beek, Berkeley, by Mrs. Georgia T. Roe. 
A letter from the secretary of the Pacific 
Division of the A, A. A. S. announcing pre- 
liminary arrangements of the meeting to be 
held in Berkeley in August was read by the 
secretary. It was voted that the president 
appoint a committee on entertainment to 
cooperate with the general committee of the 
University. Mr. Baker presented an offer 
of a prize to consist of $50 to $100 to be 
offered for the best essay written by a stu- 
dent in the University on some subject con- 
nected with economic ornithology. The 
secretary was instructed to forward the of- 
fer to Dr. Grinnell. 
The report of the committee appointed to 
consider Dr. Bryant’s resolution relating to 
the collecting of specimens, sent in a written 
report in favor of referring the matter to 
the Board of Governors. The report was 
adopted. 
Business disposed of, Mr. Robert C. Miller 
gave a talk on “The Flock Behavior of the 
Coast Bush-tit’. After discussion, the club 
adjourned.—AMELIA 8. ALLEN, Secretary. 
May.—The Northern Division of the Coo- 
per Ornithological Club met at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, May 26, at 
8 p. M. President Wright was in the chair, 
with twenty-one members and visitors in 
attendance. Minutes of the April meeting 
were read and approved, and April minutes 
of the Southern Division were read. Names 
proposed were: Mr. William Polk Farber, 
Berkeley, Calif., proposed by Tracy I. Stor- 
er; and Mrs. Mildred Tiffany Wood, Hop- 
land, Calif., by Mrs. Eva D. Roe. Mr. Storer 
reported briefly on a recent article in The 
Ibis by Col. R. Meinertzhagen, upon accurate 
determination of the velocity of various 
birds in ordinary and migration flights. 
Mr. H. R. Noack presented the paper of 
the evening, his subject being “Some Experi- 
ences with Aviary Birds”. A general dis- 
cussion followed. Adjourned.—Tracy I. 
StrorER, Secretary pro tem. 
