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Now, well attested, often accurately meas- 
ured, observations are accumulating. A val- 
uable summary of these is presented in a 
paper in the Jbis for April, 1921 (pp. 228- 
238), contributed by Colonel Richard Mein- 
ertzhagen, D. S. O., M. B. O. U. Much of the 
exact data was secured during the war when 
instruments of observation at anti-aircraft 
stations were employed and birds in flight 
used as objectives on which to practice. Jn 
conclusion, from all the data at hand, this 
author places the normal and migratory 
rates of flight, in miles per hour, of certain 
birds as follows: Corvidae, 31-45; smaller 
Passeres, 20-37; Starlings, 38-49; Falcons, 
40-48; Geese, 42-55; Ducks, 44-59; tame Pig- 
eons, 30-36; Waders, 34-51, but mostly 40-51. 
When pressed (aeroplane in pursuit), Golden 
Plover attained to 60 miles per hour; a Lam- 
mergeier (nose-diving) to 110 miles per 
hour. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
SEPTEMBER.—The regular meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club was held at the Museum of Ver- 
tebrate Zoology, September 22 at 8 P. M. 
President Wright presided and those in at- 
tendance were: Mesdames Allen, Bamford, 
Burk, Flinn, Grinnell, Mead, and Schlesin- 
ger; Messrs. Bell, Cooper, Evermann, Grin- 
nell, Hunt, Johnston, McLean, Palmer, 
Storer, Taylor and Wright; visitors: Mrs. 
Bogle, Mrs. Evermann, Mrs. Hunt and Mr. 
Stow. 
August minutes for Northern and South- 
ern Divisions were read, the former being 
approved. Names proposed were Mrs. Sara 
S. Bogle, Berkeley, by Tracy I. Storer, and 
Miss Clare E. Johnson, San Francisco, by 
Mrs. E. D. Roe. Among the reports from 
the members who had spent vacation time 
in the open were: Notes on the Olympic 
Mountains by Dr. Walter P. Taylor; obser- 
vations in southern Oregon, by Mr. R. H. 
Palmer; in Alpine County, by Mr. Richard 
Hunt; in the Tahoe region, by Mr. Storer 
and Mrs. Mead; at Cisco, by Mrs. Schlesin- 
ger; on Tuolumne Meadows, by Miss Flinn; 
in the Coulterville region, by Mrs. Grinnell; 
and in the Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, 
by Mr. Donald McLean. Adjourned.— 
AMELIA §. ALLEN, Secretary. 
OcToRER.—The regular meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club for October was held on the eve- 
ning of the 27th at 8 P. M. at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology. President Wright 
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was in the chair and the following mem- 
bers were in attendance: Mesdames Allen, 
Bamford, Bennet, Blake, Bogle, Burk, Flinn, 
G. T. Roe, Schlesinger and Wythe; Messrs. 
Carriger, Dixon, Evermann, Grinnell, Jos. 
Mailliard, McLean, Storer, Stow, Swarth, 
White, and Wright; visitors: Miss Daven- 
port, Mrs. Evermann, Mrs. Storer, Mrs. 
Swarth, Mrs. White and Mr. Bunker. The 
minutes of the September meeting of the 
Northern Division were read and approved 
and the minutes of the meetings of the 
Southern Division in August and September 
were read. The following names were pre- 
sented: Willard Fordyce Grinnell, Berke- 
ley, by J. Hugene Law; Frederic C. Torrey, 
Berkeley, and Harry P. Stow, Alameda, by 
J. Grinnell; Dr. Robert Dill, Reno, Nevada, 
and Zola Zinn, Seattle, Washington, by R. 
H. Palmer. 
The program for the evening was given 
by Mr. H. S. Swarth, who recounted many 
interesting ornithological experiences in 
British Columbia. Adjourned.—AMELIA §. 
ALLEN, Secretary. 
NOVEMBER.—The November meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club was held on the 17th at the usual 
time and place. President Wright was in 
the chair, and the following members were 
present: Mesdames Allen, Boyle, Burk, 
Flinn, Grinnell, KE. T. Mead, C. Meade, G. T. 
Roe, and Schlesinger; Messrs. Gignoux, J. 
Grinnell, W. F. Grinnell, Joseph Mailliard, 
McLean, Storer, Swarth, and Wright. Vis- 
itors: Mrs. Calder, Mrs. Evermann, Mrs. 
Fredericks, and Miss Sherman. 
The minutes of the October meeting were 
read and approved, and the following names 
were presented for membership: Dr. G. 
Dallas Hanna, San Francisco, by Dr. Barton 
W. Evermann; Emily Dolores Laloge, Ala- 
meda, by Margaret W. Wythe, and Paul 
Fredericks Bunker, Berkeley, by H. C. 
Bryant. 
Mrs. Fredericks of the California Botan- 
ical Society brought to the notice of the 
Club the law, recently passed, relating to 
the gathering and sale of toyon berries. 
Mr. Storer revived the question of the pos- 
sibility of securing the adoption by the 
Berkeley City Council of an ordinance re- 
lating to the licensing of cats. It was de- 
cided to review the situation at the next 
meeting. Business concluded, Mr. Joseph 
Mailliard told of his experiences with birds 
in Humboldt County during the fall migra- 
tion. _Adjourned.—AMELIA S. ALLEN, Secre- 
tary. 
