May, 1919 ~ 
Wythe. The visitors present were Mr. Cox, 
Mr. Lincoln, Miss Adams and Mrs. Swarth. 
The minutes of the January meeting were 
read and approved, and the January minutes 
of the Southern Division were read. Profes. 
sor Ivan Hall, Mr. John O’Connell and Mr. 
Walter Sellner were elected to membership 
and the names of R. J. Middleton and C., I. 
Rawson, elected by the Southern Division, 
were approved. New names presented were 
those of Miss Mary E. McLellan, Berkeley, 
by Dr. Evermann, and Mr. Richard Cox, 
Oakland, by H. HE. Hansen, together with 
twelve names presented to the Southern Di- 
vision at its January meeting. 
On recommendation of the Executive Con- 
mittee of the two Divisions, Messrs. Cham- 
bers and Law were re-elected Business Man- 
agers of the Club, and Dr. Joseph Grinnell, 
Editor, and Mr. H. S. Swarth, Associate Fd- 
itor, of THE CONDOR. 
Mr. Wheeler reported continuation of act- 
ivity on the part of the committee which had 
been appointed to conduct investigations rel- 
alive to the licensing of cats. The Business 
Managers’ report, presented by Mr. Law, 
revealed a gratifying condition of solvency 
on the part of the Club. The Affiliation 
Committee of the Pacific Division of the A. 
A. A. S. reported with regard to the meet- 
ing to be held at Pasadena, and the follow- 
ing committee was instructed to prepare a 
program for that occasion: Mrs. Allen, Mr. 
Mailliard and Dr. Grinnell. 
Mr. Hunt then presented a paper on 
Methods of Representing Bird Songs. Ad- 
journed.—AmeE iA S. ALLEN, Secretary. 
Marcu.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division of the Cooper Ornith- 
ological Club was held at the Museum of Ver- 
tebrate Zoology at 8 Pp. M., March 20, 1919. 
President Evermann was in the chair, and 
the other members present were: Messrs. 
Bryant, Carriger, Cooper, Dixon, Grinnell, 
Hall, Lamb, Kibbe, Lastreto, Falmer, Storer, 
Swarth, Wheeler and White; Mesdames Al- 
len, Gifford, Field, Grinnell and Kibbe. The 
guests present were Mr. and Mrs. Gifford, 
Mrs. Evermann, Mrs. Swarth and Mrs. 
Wheeler. 
The minutes of the February meeting were 
read and approved. Miss Mary EH. McLellan 
and Mr. R. Cox were elected to membership, 
as were also twelve others whose names had 
been proposed to the Southern Division at 
its January meeting. New names presented 
were those of Mr. F. N. Bassett, Alameda, by 
Mr. H. C. Bryant, and Mrs, Flora C. Hayes, 
Berkeley, by Miss Margaret W. Wythe. 
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A letter from Mr. Harold Heath recording 
the presence of a Caracara at Monterey was 
read by Dr. Grinnell, Mr. Kibbe reported 
on the status of the cat in six different 
places in the United States where ordinances 
have been adopted with reference to the 
keeping of cats. On motion of Mr. Wheeler, 
seconded by Mr. Lastreto, it was voted that a 
resident of Berkeley, equipped with a model 
ordinance, be appointed to take up the ques- 
tion of the licensing of cats with the city 
council. Mr. Kibbe was duly appointed. 
Mr. HE. W. Gifford then gave the program 
of the evening, his subject being “The Birds 
of Ancient Egypt”. This was illustrated by 
lantern slides showing drawings taken from 
the ancient monuments and from modern 
paintings of Egyptian birds. 
The death of Mr. Malcolm P. Anderson 
was announced, and Messrs. Grinnell, Dixon 
and Lamb were appointed to draw up appro- 
priate resolutions of condolence. Adjourned. 
—AMELIA S. ALLEN, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
JANUARY.—The regular monthly meeting 
of the Southern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the office of 
Mr. Howard Robertson, Los Angeles, the 
evening of January 30, 1919. President Mil- 
ler was in the chair, while Mr. Chambers 
was appointed Secretary pro tem. Other 
members present were: Messrs. Bishop, Col- 
burn, Daggett, Dawson, Hanaford, Reis, 
Rich, Robertson, and Stivers. J. H. Taylor 
was a visitor. 
Messrs. R. J. Middleton and C. I. Rawson 
were elected to membership. New names 
presented were: Selwyn Rich, Claremont, 
Gordon Nicholson, Ontario, and Leonard 
Krehbiel, Upland, by Wright M. Pierce; 
Thomas E. Thompson, Los Angeles, by C. 
O. Esterly; A. Russell Smith, North Glen- 
dale, Penn., by Wharton Huber; Herbert L. 
Thowless, Newark, N. J., by B. S. Bowdish; 
Zulenia Parcell, Los Angeles, by Loye H. 
Miller; William Griffee, Norton, Kan., by 
Guy Love; Wallace Ashley Deane, Washing- 
ton, D. C., by T. S. Palmer; Jesse H. Taylor, 
Eagle Rock, Harry Edgar Wheeler, Conway, 
Ark., and Charles Alfred Gianini, Poland, N. 
Y., by W. Lee Chambers. There were also 
presented three names from the Northern Di- 
vision. 
Dr. Miller submitted the following reso- 
lution on the death of Olive Thorne Miller, 
which was ordered spread upon the min- 
utes: 
“Whereas, in the death of Olive Thorne 
