176 THE CONDOR 
work in southeastern Alaska is due to the 
special interest of Miss Annie M. Alexan- 
der, and is in accordance with the general 
plan adopted by her some years ago, namely 
to contribute to a more complete knowledge 
of the vertebrate fauna of the Pacific coast 
of North America. As heretofore, all of the 
field notes, photographs and specimens be- 
come at once the property of the University 
of California. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
Aprit.—The regular meeting of the North- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 
Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology, on the evening of April 17, 1919, at 
eight o'clock. Dr. Evermann was in the 
chair and others present were: Messrs. Cox, 
Grinnell, Hunt, Kibbe, lLastreto, Palmer, 
Swarth; Mesdames Allen, Hayes, Kibbe, 
Meade, Schlesinger, and Wythe. Visitors 
present were Miss Barnard, Miss Cassidy, 
Mrs. Evermann, Miss Johnson, Miss Keeler, 
Mrs. Swarth, Mrs. Wheeler, and Miss 
Wythe. 
The minutes of the March meeting were 
read and approved, and records of the meet- 
ings held by the Southern Division in Febru- 
ary and March were read. Mr. F. N. Bassett 
and Mrs. Flora C. Hayes were elected to 
membership, and the name of B. C. Beil, 
235 Highth St., San Francisco, was pro- 
posed by Mr. A. S. Kibbe. Eleven other 
names were added from the minutes of the 
Southern Division. The programs for two 
symposia to be held at the June meeting of 
the Pacific Division of the A. A. A. 8S. were 
read by the secretary, also the Resolution of 
Sympathy drawn up by the committee to 
be forwarded to the relatives of Mr. Malcolm 
P. Anderson. 
Further depredations upon the water birds 
of the Farallon Islands, caused by the pres- 
ence of oil on the water in that region, were 
reported by Mr. Lastreto. The Club adopted 
the Committee of the Audubon Association 
of the Pacific, who are making an earnest 
effort to put a stop to the pumping of oily 
ballast-water from returning tankers. The 
committee consists of Mr. Lastreto, Presi- 
dent of the Audubon Association, and Dr. 
Evermann, President of the Northern Divi- 
sion of the Cooper Club. 
iiss Margaret W. Wythe then read a 
very carefully prepared paper on “Bird- 
Study as a Part of School Nature-study”’. 
this was discussed by several members of 
the Club especially interested in educa- 
tional problems. 
ALLEN, Secretary. 
Adjourned.—AMELIA 5S. 
May.—The regular monthly meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Club was 
held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology 
on the evening of May 17, 1919, at eight 
o’clock. In the absence of Dr. Evermann, 
Mr. Lastreto presided. The members pres-— 
ent were: Messrs. Bryant, Hall, Hunt, Las- 
treto, Trenor, and Wright; Mesdames Allen, — 
Cole, Ferguson, Griffin, and Miss Elizabeth ~ 
Ferguson. Visitors present were Mr. Cole, 
Mr. Cook and Miss Miller. 
The minutes of the preceding meeting 
were read and approved. Mr. B. C. Bell was 
elected to membership and eleven names 
which had been forwarded by the Southern 
Division were approved. Professor Harold 
Heath of Stanford University was nominated 
for membership by Dr. Grinnell. A letter 
from Professor Melville B. Anderson ac- 
knowledging the resolutions adopted by the 
Club with reference to the death of Mr. Mal- 
colm Playfair Anderson was read by the Sec- 
retary. 
A talk on “Some Experiences with Aviary 
Birds” by Mr. Curtis Wright, followed by a 
discussion in which several members of the 
Club participated, brought the meeting to a 
close. Adjourned.—AMELIA S. ALLEN, Sec- 
retary. 
JuNE.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division of the Cooper Ornith- 
ological Club was held at the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on Thursday 
evening, June 19, 1919. In the absence of 
all the regular officers of the Division Mr. C. — 
B. Lastreto presided and acted also as sec- 
retary pro tem. The following were pres- 
ent: Members: Mesdames Grinnell, Kelly, 
Kibbe, Roe, Schlesinger, Misses Culver, 
Lueddemann, Pringle, Messrs. Bade, Grin-— 
nell, Kibbe, Lastreto, Morley, Trenor; visit- 
ors: Mesdames Bade, Lueddemann, Misses 
Ayer, Howitt, Swarth, Wood, Messrs. Aber- 
nathy, Kimball, Schlesinger, and Sell. ri 
The minutes of the May meeting of the 
Northern Division were read and approved 
Reading of the minutes of the Southern Di 
vision was dispensed with. Mr. Harold 
Heath was elected to membership. . 
Dr. Joseph Grinnell presented a paper on 
“Sequestration Notes of Birds”. Genera 
discussion by those present followed, 0! 
bird notes and songs, the psychological 
pulses behind them, the relation of no 
life habits and other aspects of this 
tion. Adjourned.—C. B. LASTRETO, Seé 
ry, pro tem. >. 
