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his home, asked authority to change the 
mailing address of the Conpor from Holly- 
wood to that city. His motion to this ef- 
fect, seconded by his fellow business mana- 
ger, Mr. Chambers, was carried. 
Different members who have been in the 
field recently were then called upon. Mr. 
Law related some of his experiences in the 
Chiricahua Mountains, Arizona, where he 
had spent several months. Mr. Howell told 
of a trip up the coast and into southern 
Oregon, in the course of which he visited 
breeding colonies of petrels on an island 
near Crescent City, and had the Oregon Jay 
as a guest at his table and alighting on his 
head. 
Formal matters disposed of, members and 
friends applied themselves to the less for- 
mal task of caring for the refreshments set 
before them by Dr. and Mrs. Miller. An 
hour spent in this way and in general soci- 
ability completed the meeting, which was de- 
clared by all to have been a most enjoyable 
occasion, and the hope was expressed that 
with each such occasion the worthy hosts 
would consider the custom more firmly es- 
tablished than before. Adjourned.—L. E. 
Wyman, Secretary. 
OcToBER.—Regular monthly meeting of the 
Southern Division, was held at the Museum 
of Comparative Oology, Santa Barbara, Octo- 
ber 25, 1919, at the invitation of the Director 
and Trustees of that institution. The meet- 
ing was preceded by introductions to twenty 
or more members of the Museum corpora- 
tion, with whom the Cooper Club members 
enjoyed an excellent supper and social hour 
before the formal Club meeting. In the 
absence of both presiding officers Mr. Daw- 
son was acclaimed chairman of the meeting. 
Other members present were Messrs. Bad- 
ger, Brouse, Colburn, Daggett, Gilman, Han- 
na, Hanaford, Nokes, L. G. Peyton, S. B. 
Peyton, Reis, Rittenhouse, Taylor, and Wy- 
man. 
Minutes of the September meeting were 
read and approved. Applicants whose names 
were presented at that meeting were de- 
clared elected, on motion by Mr. Daggett 
that the Secretary be instructed to cast a 
favoring vote. The name of Louis E. Hoff- 
man, Los Angeles, sponsored by Dr. L. H. 
Miller, was presented for membership. 
The Chairman then called upon such vis- 
iting members as had collected oologically to 
relate the experience that yielded the most 
valuable sets of eggs, was the most difficult, 
or the most dangerous, and responses re- 
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ceived proved highly entertaining. Motion 
by Messrs. Daggett and Taylor, seconded by 
Dr. Nokes, that a vote of thanks be extended ~ 
to Mr. Dawson and the Museum of Compara- — 
tive Oology for the warm reception tendered 
the visiting Club members, was carried, and 
the meeting adjourned to inspect the most 
excellent collection of eggs and nests housed 
in that Museum. Adjourned.—L. E. WyMan, 
Secretary. 
NovEMBER.—Regular monthly meeting of 
the Southern Division was held at the Muse- 
um of History, Science and Art, at 8:00 P. M., 
November 25. President Miller was in the 
chair, with other members present as fol- 
lows: Messrs. Appleton, Brown, Colburn, 
Daggett, Howell, Law, Nokes, Rich, Robert- 
son, Stivers, Van Rossem and Wyman; Mrs. — 
J. EK. Law, Mr. Ross and Mrs. Nokes were © 
visitors. 
Minutes of the October meeting were read 
and approved. Mr. Louis Hoffman, whose 
name was presented at that meeting, was 
elected to membership. New names present- 
ed were: Roland C. Ross, Pasadena, by L. H. 
Miller; Howard C. Illo, Los Angeles, by A. 
HK. Colburn; N. Hollister, National Zoological 
Park, Washington, D. C., by A. B. Howell; 
Mrs. Milicent H. Lee, El Cajon, by Frank 
Stephens; Guffing Bancroft, San Diego, by 
A. M. Ingersoll; Griffith McClelland Dings, 
St. Louis, Mo., F. R. Cole, Palo Alto, John 
Williams, St. Marks, Fla., and Benjamin Ad- 
ams, Brooklyn, N. Y., by W. Lee Chambers. 
The following names were received from the 
Northern Division: Mary Ames Van Dyke, 
Theodore C. Frye, and W. Otto Emerson. 
A letter from George Willett, wintering on 
Prince of Wales Island, was read by the Sec- 
retary. This. was of special interest, as 
that locality has hardly been touched ornith- 
ologically, and specimens and notes obtained 
by Mr. Willett should prove of unusual 
value. The matter of continuing the cus- 
tom established several years ago, of ex- 
hibiting a series of birdskins at each meet- — 
ing, was brought up by Dr. Rich. It was — 
the concensus of opinion that these exhibits t 
were a valuable feature of the meetings and 
that they should be continued. 
In the general discussion that followed the 
formal meeting, field observations were pre-- 
sented by Mr. Law, Dr. Miller and the Sec- 
retary. All observers seemed to agree that. 
a most unusual movement of birds is under 
way and that the winter will produce many 
new records. Adjourned.—L. E. WYMAN, 
Secretary. > 
