May, 1920 
read and approved and December and Janu- 
ary minutes from the Southern Division 
were read. Ivan Murray Johnston, Mrs. 
Malcolm P. Anderson, and Mrs. Katherine 
Neilson were elected to membership, and 
the following names were proposed: Miss 
Genevieve S. Burk, Berkeley, by Dr. H. C. 
Bryant; and Miss Lora Gertrude Rush, 
Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. Allen. Elections by 
the Southern Division at the January meet- 
ing were also read and approved. 
A letter from the Pacific Division of the 
American Association for the Advancement 
of Science announcing meetings to be held 
in Seattle in June, were read. Dr. Evermann 
also reported for the committee and made 
a motion that the Cooper Club consider the 
question of holding a meeting in Seattle as 
one of the affiliated societies. On passage 
of this motion, a second one was presented 
that the Club arrange such a meeting. An 
amendment by Mr. Storer provided that the 
question be referred to northern members 
residing in Washington and Oregon. The 
Secretary was instructed to write the neces- 
sary letters. In the absence of Mr. Law, 
Dr. Grinnell presented the business man- 
ager’s report for 1919 which was adopted 
with hearty thanks to Messrs. Chambers 
and Law. 
Announcement was made by the Presi- 
dent of the re-appointment for 1920, of Dr. J. 
Grinnell, as editor of “The Condor”; Mr. H. 
S. Swarth, associate editor; Messrs. W. Lee 
Chambers and Eugene Law, business man- 
agers. Mr. Swarth reported for the com- 
mittee on census lists for the Biological 
Survey that fifty letters had been sent to 
observers throughout the state and thirteen 
replies had been received. 
After a short period devoted to seasonal 
observations, the lights were turned out 
and Mr. Dixon showed his wonderful pic- 
tures of three of the Alaskan birds studied 
on the Stikine River by himself and Mr. 
Swarth in the summer of 1919.—Ametta §S. 
ALLEN, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
JANUARY.—The regular monthly meeting 
of the Cooper Ornithological Club, Southern 
Division, was held at the Museum of His- 
tory, Science and Art, at 8 Pp. m., January 
29. President Miller held the chair, with 
other members present as follows: Messrs. 
Appleton, Brown, Daggett, Dickey, Hana- 
ford, Hoffmann, Henderson, Lamb, Nokes, 
S. Peyton, Reis, Rich, Robertson, Ross and 
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Wyman. Mr. Baisley and Mr. Kersey were 
visitors. 
Minutes of the December meeting were 
read and approved. On motion by Mr. Reis, 
seconded by Mr. Robertson, applicants 
whose names were presented at the pre- 
vious meeting were elected to membership. 
New applications were presented as fol- 
lows: Charles A. Warmer, Los Angeles; 
Miss ‘Mary Mann Miller, Los Angeles; and 
W. Denton Baisley, Glendale, by W. Lee 
Chambers; Mrs. Millard L. Green, Long 
Beach, by Fred Barker; Miss Elsie M. Sa- 
ville, Topeka, Kas., by Horace Gunthrop; 
BE. R. Andrews, Oakland, by H. C. Bryant. 
Also the following from the Northern Divi- 
sion: Lloyd Austin, Berkeley; S. G. Bald- 
win, Palo Alto; Miss Ethel C. Ayer, Oak- 
land; Miss Catharine Mills Flinn, Berkeley; 
Miss Helen Flynn, Berkeley. 
Mr. Dickey, chairman of the nominating 
committee, being called upon to report, 
named Messrs. Miller, Rich and Wyman, as 
nominees for president, vice-president and 
secretary, respectively, for the ensuing 
year. Nominations were closed on motion 
by Mr. Lamb, and in proper form these 
parties were duly elected. 
Formal business ended, Mr. Ralph Hoff- 
man addressed the Club on ‘Massachusetts 
Bird Students of the Last Thirty Years”. 
His intimate acquaintance with many of 
these ornithological notables, and a pleas- 
ing ability as a word’ painter of character 
and disposition, peculiarly fitted Mr. Hoff- 
man for his treatment of the subject, and 
his address was greatly enjoyed and ap- 
preciated by the members. Followed a half- 
hour of discussion of matters ornithological, 
during which the general visitation of moun- 
tain dwelling birds to the low-lands was 
commented upon by various members. Ad- 
journed.—L. E. WyMANn, Secretary. 
FEBRUARY.—The regular monthly meeting 
of the Cooper Ornithological Club, Southern 
Division, was held February 26 at 8 P. M., 
at the Museum of History, Science and Art, 
with President Miller in the chair and other 
members in attendance as follows: Messrs. 
Appleton, Daggett, Esterly, Hanaford, Lit- 
tle, Nicholson, Nokes, Meadows, Pierce, 
Reis, Rich, Robertson, Taylor, Wall, and 
Wyman; and Miss Palmer. Minutes of the 
January meeting were read and approved. 
Proposals for membership, presented at 
that meeting, were favorably acted upon on 
motion by Dr. Esterly, seconded by Mr. 
Robertson, that the secretary be instructed 
