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attempt was made to transact formal busi- 
ness.—L. E. WyMAn, Secretary Southern 
Division. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
JuLy.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Cooper Ornithological Club, Southern 
Division, was held at the Museum of His- 
tory, Science and Art, July 31, 1919, with 
Vice-President Robertson in the chair and 
W. Lee Chambers, Secretary protem. Other 
members present were Messrs. Appleton, 
Daggett, Edwards, Hanaford, Sidney Peyton, 
and Stormont. Otho LaPort was a visitor. 
Proposals for membership were as fol- 
lows: By W. Lee Chambers, Mary. E. Raker, 
Portland, Oregon; Miss Margaret Ware 
Whitney, Pasadena; Clark Perkins Streator, 
Santa Cruz; Francis R. Cope, Jr., Dimock P. 
O., Pennsylvania; Morton R. Cheesman, 
Murray, Utah; Chester T. Boynton, High- 
land Park, Ill.; Frederick W. Cook, Seattle, 
Wash. The name of Leo Brune, Grand 
Dalles, Washington, was presented by Stan- 
ley G. Jewett; Daniel Bernard Bull, San 
Jose, by L. G. Peyton. Also two from the 
Northern Division: B. C. Bell, San Francis- 
co, and Harold Heath, Palo Alto. 
Letters from George Willett, in Alaska; J. 
Eugene Law, in Arizona; and Ralph HE. 
Dodge, concerning birds in France, were 
read, while Mr. Peyton told his experiences 
in France. 
For a summer affair, when so many mem- 
bers are absent from the city, the meeting 
was considered a success, and certainly was 
not lacking in features of interest. Ad- 
journed.—W. LEE CHAMBERS, Secretary, pro 
tem. 
AUGUST.—A special meeting of the South- 
ern Division, Cooper Ornithological Club, 
was held at the Museum of History, Science 
and Art, at 8:00 Pp. m., August 4, 1919, for 
the purpose of affording members an oppor- 
tunity to meet Dr. Witmer Stone. Several 
of the most active members were away on 
extended collecting trips, while numerous 
others were out of town enjoying the vaca- 
tion season. A hurry call, however, brought 
out ten, with wives and friends, to give Dr. 
and Mrs. Stone a proper greeting. 
The meeting was called to order by Vice- 
President Robertson, who delivered a short 
address of welcome, following which Dr. 
Stone gave an interesting account of recent 
experiences in the Chiricahua Mountains, 
Arizona, where he and Mrs. Stone had spent 
many weeks collecting in company with Mr. 
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and Mrs. J. E. Law. His description of lo- 
calities and incidents, and of material col- 
lected, was not only highly entertaining, but 
equally instructive; and the concensus of 
opinion was that the evening had been a 
most profitable one to the Doctor’s audience. 
Adjourned.—L. E. WYMAN, Secretary. 
AvuGust.—The regular monthly meeting of 
the Cooper Club, Southern Division, was 
held at the Museum of History, Science and 
Art, at 8:00 Pp. m., August 28, 1919. Presi- 
dent Miller was in the chair, with other 
members’ present, as_ follows: Messrs. 
Brown, Chambers, Colburn, Daggett, De- 
Groat, Edwards, Hanaford, Nokes, Reis, 
Rich, Robertson, and Wyman. 
The minutes of the regular meeting of 
July 31, and of the special meetings held 
June 19 and 20, and August 4, were read 
and approved. On proper action reading of 
an accumulation of minutes of the Northern 
Division was declared suspended. Appli- 
cants whose names were presented May 25 
and July 31 were elected on motion by Dr. 
Rich, seconded by Mr. Chambers, that the 
Secretary cast the electing vote. New names 
presented were: Richard C. Harlow, State 
College, Pennsylvania, by Wright M. Pierce; 
Joseph T. Greenleaf, Jr., Seattle, Wash., by 
Walter P. Taylor; James Haynes Hill, New 
London, Conn.; Loyal Edgar Smith, Sisson; 
A. C. Johnson, Whittier; and Mary Cheney, 
South Manchester, Conn., by W. Lee Cham- 
bers. 
A letter from Mr. W. L. Dawson, inviting 
the Southern Division to hold the Septem- 
ber meeting at Santa Barbara, at the Muse- 
um of Comparative Oology, was presented 
by the Secretary; but as this date (the last 
Sunday of the month) was preoccupied by a 
standing invitation from Dr. L. H. Miller to 
hold the meeting at his home on the Arroyo 
Seco, the acceptance of which invitation has 
become an established custom, the members 
voted to accept the latter. It was the sense 
of the meeting that October 25 would be an 
acceptable date to visit Santa Barbara, and 
the Secretary was instructed to write to 
Mr. Dawson to that effect. 
' Followed a letter from the Biological Sur- 
vey, relative to lead poisoning among wild 
ducks, the result of swallowing shot probed 
from the mud of ducking-grounds that have 
been shot over for a long period. 
Dr. Miller, having just returned from an 
extended vacation in the Sierras, related 
many interesting observations in regard to 
the food and habits of the birds encountered. 
Adjourned.—L. E. WYMAN, Secretary. 
