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MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
SOUTHERN DIVISICN 
Aprit.—Regular monthly meeting of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club, Southern Divi- 
sion, was held at the Museum of History, 
Science and Art, at 8:00 Pp. M., April 24, 
1919. In the absence of President and Vice- 
President, Mr. Chambers was acclaimed 
chairman. Other members present were 
Messrs. Brown, Brouse, Bishop, Daggett, 
Hanaford, Howell, Reis, Rich, Taylor and 
Wyman, and Miss Palmer. 
Minutes of the March meeting were read 
and approved, followed by reading of min- 
utes of the Northern Division for March. On 
motion by Dr. Rich the Secretary was in- 
structed to cast an electing ballot for the 
persons whose names were presented at the 
previous meeting. New names presented 
were: Waldo L. Rich, Saratoga Springs, N. 
Y., by Dr. G. C. Rich; Miss L. M. Peck, 1510 
Girard Ave., Los Angeles, by A. B. Dickinson; 
Richard Baxter Atwell, 676 So. Bronson 
Ave., Los Angeles, and D. de Rebcowsky, 811 
Story Building, Los Angeles, by W. Lee 
Chambers. The name of Richard Cox, 3rd, 
was received from the Northern Division. 
There being no further business matters 
for consideration, the members spent an 
hour in general discussion and inspection of 
several trays of warbler skins. Adjourned. 
—L. E. WYMAN, Secretary. 
May.—Regular monthly meeting of the 
Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologicai 
Club, was held at the Museum of History, 
Science and Art, at 8:30 Pp. M., May 29, 1919. 
Members present were: Messrs. Appleton, 
Chambers, Hanaford, Howell, Miller, Reis, 
Rich, Robertson, and Wyman. 
Minutes of the April meeting were read 
and approved. On motion by Mr. Robertson 
the Secretary was instructed to cast an elect- 
ing ballot for the persons whose names were 
proposed at that meeting. New names pre- 
sented were: Walter Clark, 424 So. Broad- 
way, Santa Ana, by Wright M. Pierce; Es- 
ther McDuff, Coachella Union High School, 
Indio, by C. O. Esterly. Four names were 
received from the Northern Division: T. C. 
Frye, Mrs. Flora C. Hayes, Miss Mary E. 
McLellan, and F. N. Bassett. 
The following resolution was adopted: 
RESOLVED, that in the death of D. I. Shep- 
ardson, the Cooper Ornithological Club has 
lost a valued member, and ornithology, to 
which he showed an unwavering devotion, 
has lost a valued friend, and that the South- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 
| for consideration, an hour of informal dis- 
‘bers related recent collecting experiences, 
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Club extends its sincere sympathy 
family in their bereavement. 
There being no other business matters — 
to his 
cussion followed, during which various mem- 
while Mr. Robertson told of some highly 
interesting and amusing incidents connected 
with trips made to various islands of the 
Santa Barbara group, some twenty years ago 
and later. Adjourned.—L. E. WyMaAn, Sec- 
retary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
JuLty.—The regular monthly meeting of 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology, Berkeley, on Thursday eve- 
ning, July 17, 1919, at 8 Pp. mM. President 
Evermann was in the chair, with the fol- 
lowing in attendance: Members: Mesdames 
Grinnell, Noack, and Schlesinger; Miss 
Pringle; Messrs. Carriger, Grinneli, La- 
barthe, Lastreto, Joseph Mailliard, Noack, 
Ray, Storer, and R. S. Wheeler. Visitors: 
Mesdames H. E. Thompson, Mary A. Van 
Dyke, and Florence G. Wheeler; Misses Eliz- 
abeth Hendren, Elizabeth Livingston, Mabel 
Cassell, Mary Gallochar, F. E. Carlton, Myr- — 
tle West, Roxana Osgood, Maud Swarth, 
Roxana Stevens, Miriam M. Wood, Carmen 
A. Blessing, Bessie M. Lander, Marion 
Clark, Josephine Geiselhart, Beatrice Howitt — 
and Eleanor Howard; Messrs. L. B. Brown- 
ing, Ellis S. Jacobs and Arthur Farquhar. 
The minutes of the June meeting were ~ 
read and approved. Proposals for member- 
ship were made as follows: Miss Josephine 
Geiselhart, Concord, Calif., by Margaret M. 
Wythe; Mr. Arthur G. Brown, 359 Monad- 
nock Bldg., San Francisco, Calif., by Milton 
S. Ray. 
Dr. Evermann reported that the Pacific — 
Fisheries Society had adopted strong resolu- 
tions relative to the need of oil companies 
controlling the dumping of crude oil on the ~ 
ocean adjacent to the California coast and 
that progress was being made in the cam- — 
paign to eliminate this evil. 
Mr. Joseph Mailliard recounted his experi- 
ences in collecting in portions of Lake and I 
Mendocino counties during the past season — 
and Mr. Jules Labarthe told of his seas ; 
work. — a 
Tracy I. Storer presented as the paper of 
the evening an account of “Some birds 
lowed the presentation of the pape 
journed.—Tracy I. Storer, Secretary, 
