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;\Ir. Dawson expressed his deep appreciation of 
the support g-iven him. .Vdjonrned. — II. \V. 
C.^RRiGER, Secretary. 
December. — The Decend)er meeting of the 
Cooper Clnh was held in the research room of 
the IMusenm of Vertebrate Zoolog}’, Berkeley, 
on the evening of December 17. The meeting 
was called to order with President Orinnell in 
the chair, and the following members present: 
J. Orinnell, II. .S.- .Swarth, V. Ray, O. Ileine- 
mann, 1). Brown, W. P. Taylor, J. IMailliard, 
II. Carriger, \V. h. Dawson, II. Coggins, and 
J. I,. Sloanaker. Captain F. Kleinschmidt was 
present as a visitor. 
The minutes of the November meeting were 
read, and approved as read. Sonthern Division 
minutes were also read. The committee to 
whom the revised copy of the constitution was 
referred reported that they had carefully gone 
over the same, and, with a few minor changes, 
recommended that it he adopted. A motion 
made liy Swarth and seconded l)y Storer that 
the constitution he adopted subject to approval 
of the .Southern Division was unanimously 
carried. 
President ('rrinnell spoke in regard to hold- 
ing the A. O. U. meeting in San Francisco dur- 
ing Ihl.T, and read a circular letter that he had 
mailed to eastern ornithologists urging such 
action. A motion was made by Mailliard, sec- 
onded by vSwarth, that the president appoint a 
committee of three to see what could he done 
toward gaining this end. \V. P. Taylor, II. 
Coggins, and IM. Ray were appointed. 
Mr. ('rrinnell stated that the vote in regard 
to simplified spelling in The Condor had de- 
cided against such usage. The motion was 
made and carried deciding that the Club hold 
its annual hampiet, and that the president he 
instructed to appoint a committee to attend to 
the same. 
The president recpiested Mr. W. L. Dawson 
to give a statement regarding ' the progress of 
his work, and Mr. Dawson announced that 
e\’erything looked exceptionally bright. Al- 
thea R. Sherman, whose name was presented 
at the last meeting, was elected a member. 
The names of Fldward Boyer, Si)arks, Nevada, 
and J. D. Sornhorger, Rowley, Massachusetts, 
were proposed by W. Lee Chambers. 
I'he nominations for officers for 1911 were 
declared open, and the following names were 
proposed: President, Joseph Mailliard; Vice- 
president, II. \V. Carriger; Secretary, II. S. 
Swarth; Business Manager, M'. Lee Chambers; 
Fditor, Joseph (Irinnell. 
Mr. J. L. .Sloanaker, of Fresno, expressed the 
desire of the ornithologists of that region to 
form a Chapter, and was told that the Club 
would favorably consider such an application 
if formally presented. 
Captain Kleinschmidt gave a detailed and 
interesting account of his discovery of the nest 
and eggs of the rare .Spoon-hilled .Sandpiper in 
northeasterji .Siberia. .Specimens of the bird, 
both adults and downy young, were exhibited. 
Mr. 11. .S. .Swarth, who spent the summer on 
\'ancouver Island, ga\ e a brief talk about his ! 
trip. Adjourned. — II. \V. C.arriger, I 
SOVTHPIRN DIVISION I 
Nov?:mker. — The November meeting of the 
.Southern Division of the Cooper Club was held , 
on Friday evening, November 2.5, 1910, in t. 
Room 1, City Hall, Los Angeles. In the ah- i 
.sence of President Morcom the meeting was = 
called to order by Vice-president Lelande, with f 
the following members present: Messrs. Rob- 
ertson, Chambers, Willett, Oshurn, Alphonse 
Jay, Howell, .Shepardson and Lelande. Messrs. 
Moses and (Iranville were visitors. In the ab- 
sence of .Secretary Law, Mr. W. Lee Chambers 
was appointed .Secretary pro tern. 
The minutes of the ( Ictoher meeting were 
read and approved. The following applications ^ 
for memhership were presented: Frank Fdgar jj 
Johnson, Vonkers, N. V., by Mr. W. Lee I 
Chambers; Fred (Iranville, Los ^Vngeles, by I 
Mr. Howard Robertson. = 
Mr. Howard Robertson made a verbal report , 
on the progress of the .Southern California Mii- I 
seum. Work has already actively begun on I 
this, and the Club has been asked to furnish 
data for the cornerstone. In compliance with ® 
a motion made by Willett, seconded by Oshurn, 
and duly carried, the Chairman appointed I 
Messrs. Law, Willett and Lelande, a committee 
to prepare proper data and see that it is placed |- 
in the cornerstone. On motion by Mr. Willett, f 
seconded by Mr. .Shepardson, and duly carried, ■ 
the .Southern Division approved the action of lb 
the Northern Division in endorsing the pro- L 
posal of Mr. W. L. Daw.son; and also pledged j 
its moral support and co-operation in the task i 
of preparing a work on the “Birds of Cali- | 
fornia. “ It ahso approved the decision that 
Mr. Dawson he permitted to associate the name j 
of the Cooper Club with his own in the title | 
page of the work. ( )n motion by IMr. Lelande, “ ! 
seconded by Mr. Chambers, and duly carried, 
the following resolution was unanimously ' j 
ailopted. Resolved — That the .Southern Di- ; 
vision of the Cooper Ornithological Club does ■ 
hereby recommend Mr. Fvan Davis, of Orange j 
County, for an appointment as a member of the 
State Fish and (lame Commission. 
Mr. A. B. Howell exhibited a ver}’ fine series 
of bird photos covering a period spent on the 
Coronado Islands during 1910. A Paper en- 
titled “Nesting Notes on the American Fared 
Orehe and Pied-billed Orehe” h}- Robert B. 
Rockwell, was read by Mr. Lelande and thor- 
oughly enjoyed. Adjourned. — W. LEE Cii.vm- 
KERS, Secretary, pro tern. 
