Jan., 1919 
discredited records pointing to a sixth sense 
as based upon such erroneous reports. Gen- 
eral discussion was led by Dr. Grinnell. 
The business of the evening was then dis- 
posed of. The minutes of the July meeting 
were read and approved, and the June and 
July minutes for the Southern Division 
were read. Mrs. G. HE. Kelly was elected to 
membership, and Prof. H. H. McMinn, elected 
by the Southern Division, was approved for 
membership. The following names were 
presented: Miss Esther Guthrie, Woodland, 
California, by Mrs. J. T. Allen; Mrs. Har- 
riette W. Bridges, Oakland, by Miss Marga- 
ret W. Wythe; Miss Isabel A. Thomson, Fal- 
lon, Nevada, by Mrs. Allen; Richard M. 
Hunt, Berkeley, by J. Grinnell; and J. W. 
Hungate, Cheney, Washington, by Barton 
W. Evermann and Walter P. Taylor. 
A letter from Mrs. Florence Merriam Bai- 
ley to Dr. Grinnell, suggesting that the Coo- 
- per Club should have a place where note- 
books and photographs could be preserved, 
was read. Adjourned.—AmeEtia S. ALLEN, 
Secretary. 
SEPTEMBER.—The regular meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
- ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology, Berkeley, at 8 Pp. m., Septem- 
ber 19, 1918. Dr. Evermann was in the 
chair and the following members were pres- 
ent: Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, Cooper, Ever- 
mann, Hunt, Lastreto, Loomis, Mailliard, 
Morley, Storer, Swarth, Wetmore and 
Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Grinnell, Klue- 
gel, Knappen, Meade and Schlesinger. The 
visitors present were Mrs. Wheeler, Mrs. 
Swarth and Mr. Schlesinger. 
The minutes of the August meeting were 
read and approved. Miss Esther Guthrie, 
Woodland, Calif., Mrs. Harriette W. Bridges, 
Oakland, Miss Isabel Thomson, Fallon, Ne- 
vada, Richard M. Hunt, Berkeley, and J. W. 
Hungate, Cheney, Wash., were elected to 
membership. Mrs. EH. D. Roe, San Francisco, 
was proposed for membership by Carl] R. 
Smith, and Paul J. Fair, San Francisco, by 
Dr. Evermann. 
An interesting letter from Mr. Ridgway 
describing early conditions in Indiana was 
read by Dr. Evermann. 
Following up the suggestion made by Mrs. 
Florence Merriam Bailey, Mr. Swarth pre- 
sented a motion that members of the Club 
be invited to deposit note-books or other 
records in the care of the Cooper Club. The 
motion was carried, as was also a motion 
offered by Mr. Mailliard that a committee of 
three be appointed by the Chair to arrange 
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with the Southern Division as to the best 
place for keeping such material. 
Mr. Mailliard reported a nighthawk as 
seen in San Francisco. 
Mr. Alexander Wetmore then read an ac- 
count of birds found at Lake Burford, north- 
ern New Mexico. He dwelt particularly up- 
on water birds and especially upon their 
habits of display during the mating season. 
At the close of the paper Dr. Evermann an- 
nounced the committee to recommend place 
of deposit for ornithological records as fol- 
lows: Mr. Joseph Mailliard, Mr. Harry S. 
Swarth and Mr. H. W. Carriger. Adjourned. 
-—AMELIA S. ALLEN, Secretary. 
OcToBER.—Because of quarantine regula- 
tions, the regular October meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club was held under the trees outside 
the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, the time 
being October 17, 1918, at eight o’clock. Dr. 
Evermann presided. The following mem- 
bers were present: Messrs. Bryant, Carri- 
ger, Hanford, Hunt, Kibbe, Loomis, Mailli- 
ard, Noack and Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, 
Bamford, Griffin, Kelley, Kibbe, Knappen 
and Meade. Visitors present were: Mrs. 
Morley, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Kelley and Mr. 
Meade. 
The minutes of the September meeting 
were read and approved. Paul J. Fair, San 
Francisco, and Mrs. E. D. Roe, San Francis- 
co, were elected to membership. Also S. 
Herbert Jones, F. B. Hart, Reginald Hop- 
kins, John Mercer, Ernest Windle and O. H. 
Homme, whose names had already been 
passed upon by the Southern Division. 
Resolutions relating to the proposed 
drainage of Malheur Lake for the benefit of 
real estate speculators, drawn up and 
signed by the Southern Division, copies of 
which were addressed to the U. S. Secretary 
of Agriculture, the Governor of Oregon, and 
the Land Board of Oregon, were read to the 
Club. By unanimous vote of the Club the 
Secretary was instructed to sign the resolu- 
tions for the Northern Division and to for- 
ward them to the proper parties. 
Mr. Joseph Mailliard then gave an ac- 
count of his visit to the Feather River coun- 
try, with many interesting observations up- 
on the songs, habits and nests of the birds 
found at different elevations. 
After discussion and comparison of ob- 
servations, the Club adjourned.—AMELIa S. 
ALLEN, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
Aueust.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologi- 
