116 THE CONDOR : 
Ayer, Oakland, by Mr. A. S. Kibbe; Miss 
Catharine Mills Flinn, Berkeley, by Mr. H. 
C. Bryant; Miss Helen Flynn, Berkeley, by 
Mr. H. C. Bryant; and Mr. S. G. Baldwin, 
Palo Alto, by Prof. J. O. Snyder. 
Mr. A. S. Kibbe, as chairman of the com- 
mittee for the conservation of wild life, gave 
a report of conditions at Lake Merced, on 
the property of the Spring Valley Water 
Company just outside San Francisco, where, 
on December 14, many hunters had been 
shooting and had left unretrieved numerous 
birds, not legitimate game. On motion of 
Mr. Lastreto, seconded by Miss Head, the 
secretary was instructed to address a letter 
to the Spring Valley Water Company, ask- 
ing that wanton shooting be prohibited by 
the company. 
Nominations for officers for the coming 
year were then called for by the President. 
Mr. Mailliard nominated Mr. Curtis Wright 
for president; Mr. Carriger nominated Mr. 
Roswell Wheeler for vice-president and 
Dr. Grinnell nominated the present incum- 
bent for secretary. All nominations were 
then declared closed. 
Mr. Mailliard then reported that a num- 
ber of members were interested in a move- 
ment to establish a permanent endowment 
fund to be used for the production of publi- 
cations of the Cooper Club. In the hope 
that such a fund might be established, Mr. 
Mailliard presented a motion that Messrs. 
Chambers, Law, and Howell be formally 
constituted a committee to solicit, collect, 
and invest funds in the name of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club, for the purpose of 
forming a permanent endowment, the in- 
come only of which was to be used for such 
publication purposes as the Club may deem 
proper; and that all life membership fees, 
heretofore as well as henceforth, paid in, be 
applied to this endowment. Mr. Carriger 
seconded the motion and it was passed 
unanimously. The evening’s program con- 
sisted of a talk by Mr. Remington Kellogg 
on “The Birds of France’.—AMELIA S. AL- 
LEN, Secretary. 
JANUARY.—The Northern Division of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club held its annual 
meeting at the Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology on January 15 at 8 Pp. m. In the 
absence of Dr. Evermann, Mr. Wright pre- 
sided. The following members and friends 
were present: Mesdames Allen, Grinnell, 
Kelly, McClelland, Mead, Schlesinger, Swezy, 
and Thompson; Messrs. Austin, Bell, Bryant, 
Carriger, Cooper, Dixon, Grinnell, Hansen, 
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Howell, Hunt, Kibbe, Lamb, Lastreto, Little, 
McLean, Mailliard, Storer, Swarth, Wheeler, 
White, and Wright. Visitors: Mrs. Ever- 
mann, Miss Evermann, Mrs. Howell, Mrs. 
Swarth, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. Wheeler, and 
Mrs. Wood, and Mr. C. J. Wilson, from Lon- 
don. 
The minutes of the December meeting 
were read and approved, after which new 
members were elected as follows: Miss 
Ethel Ayer, Miss Catherine Mills Flinn, Miss 
Helen Flynn, and Mr. S. G. Baldwin. Names 
forwarded by the Southern Division in Oc- 
tober and November minutes were also fa- 
vorably acted upon. The following names 
were proposed: Ivan Murray Johnston, 
Upland, Calif., by H. G. White; Mrs. Mal- 
colm P. Anderson and Mrs. Katherine Neil- 
son, both of Alameda, by Tracy I. Storer. 
Mr. Howell then made a strong appeal for 
contributions to the endowment fund. Mr. 
Kibbe reported a definite hope for favor- 
able action looking toward control of wan- 
dering cats. 
The annual election of officers resulted 
in the ratification of nominations made at 
the December meeting, namely: Mr. Curtis 
Wright, president; Mr. Roswell S. Wheeler, 
vice-president; and Amelia S. Allen, secre- 
tary. The regular procedure of the meeting 
was interrupted by arrangements for a flash- 
light photograph of those present, after 
which Mr. Swarth gave a most interesting 
account of his experiences at the November 
meeting of the A. O. U., and subsequent 
visits to famous museums and ornithologists 
at different centers in the East and Middle 
West. 
A belated motion provided that Mr. 
Swarth should present at the February 
meeting a co-ordinate plan for taking the 
bird counts and gathering records of migra- 
tions as requested by the Biological Survey. 
—AMELIA S. ALLEN, Secretary. 
FEBRUARY.—The regular meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornith- 
ological Club was held at the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, February 19 at 8 P. M. 
President Wright was in the chair and the 
following members were present: Mesdames. 
Allen, Ayer, Bridges, Ferguson, Flynn, Grif- 
fin, Grinnell, Gunn, Kibbe, Law, McClelland, 
Schlesinger, and Thompson; Messrs. Austin, 
Bryant, Carriger, Dixon, Evermann, Grin- 
nell, Howell, Hunt, Kibbe, McLean, Storer, 
Swarth, White, and Wright. Visitors: Mrs. 
Swarth, Mrs. Taylor, Mrs. Thompson, Mrs. 
White, and six students. 
The minutes of the January meeting were 
