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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XIII 
Rebruarv. — The Kehnmry meeting of the 
Southern Division of the Cooper Club was held 
on Thnrsda}’ evening, Rehrnary 2.1, 1911, in 
the office of II. J. Lelaiule, 246 Wilcox Build- 
ing, Los Angeles. The meeting was called to 
order by President Morcom, with the following 
members present; Messrs. Miller, Robertson, 
Lelande, A’illett, Davis, Rich, Wright, Cham- 
bers, P'isher, Lowe, Antonin Ja}', Blaine, Van 
Rossem, Brower, Perez and Law. 
The mimites of the January meeting were 
read and approved. The following applica- 
cations for membership were presented: Wal- 
ter Brower, Los Angeles, and Maurice Cory 
Blake, Nordhoff, California, l)y W. Lee Cham- 
bers. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded 
by Mr. !MilIer, and duly carried, the Secretary 
was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of 
those pre.sent electing to active memhership 
Alessrs. ( )rland Beekman and IMrs. ()li\-e 
Thorne Miller, whose names were presented at 
the January meeting. On motion by Mr. 
Robertson, seconded by Mr. iMiller, and duly 
carried, action on the resignation of Mr. W. 
N. Lowe was postponed until next meeting. 
The Secretary read copy of the communica- 
tion forwarded by tbe Northern Division to the 
Senate Committee on P'isli and Oame, and on 
motion by iMr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. 
Miller, and duly carried, the same was ordered 
filed. A letter from ]\Ir. Henry Ohlys with 
reference to his lectures on bird subjects was 
read, and on motion by Mr. Rich, seconded b}^ 
iMr. Willett, the vSecretar}' was instructed to 
thank iMr. Oldys, and explain that the Club is 
not in a position at tbe pre.sent time to take the 
matter up. 
The Club then took up the new Constitution 
as remodeled by the Committee, and on 
motion by Mr. Lelande, seconded by iMr. 
Willett, and duly carried, the present draft of 
the Constitution rvas adopted subject to the ap- 
proval of the Northern Division. On motion 
by iMr. Miller, seconded by iMr. Willett, and 
duly carried, the Committee on the Constitution 
w'as discharged with thanks. 
The .Secretary then read an exhaustive 
paper by Mr. Joseph ('.rinnell on the ‘‘Distri- 
bution of the Mockingbird in California”. Ad- 
journed. — ^,1. IL Law, Secretary. ' 
March. — The March meeting of the .South- 
ern Division of the Cooper Club was held on 
Thursday evening, iMarch .30, 1911, in the 
office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Building, 
Los Angeles. The meeting was called to order 
by President iMorcom, with the following 
members present; iMessrs. Willett, I^elande, 
Miller, Owen, Robertson, Antonin Jay, Blaine, 
Perez, Zahn and Law. 
The minutes of the February meeting w'ere 
read and approved. The following applications 
for membership w'ere presented: 
Prof. Stephen Sargent ^Tsher, Vermillion, 
.S. D. ; Lucius 11. Paul, Newark, N. V.; 
Alaun.sell S. Crosby, Rhinebeck, N. Y. ; Her- 
bert Parker, .South Lancaster, Mass. ; J. AI. 
Ivlson, Bellingham, Wash.; W. J. Hoxie, Sav- 
annah, (.la ; Joseph Parker Norris, Jr., Phila- 
delphia, Pa. ; Pjngene li. Caduc, Boston, Mass.; 
Philip Bernard Philipp, New York, N. V. ; 
Juliette A. Owen, .St. Joseph, Mo.; BTederick H. 
Kennard, Newton Center, Alass. ; Row'ena A. 
Clarke, .St. Louis, Mo.; Alexander Dawes Du 
Bois, Ithaca, N. Y. ; J. H. Trumbull, Plainville, 
Conn.; Frank O. Pilsbury, Walpole, Mass.; W. 
B. Mershon, .Saginaw, Michigan; .Samuel .S. 
Dickey, Waynesbnrg, Pa.; Roy Norris, Rich- 
mond, Ind.; J. F. F'razier, Audubon, Iowa; 
Ivlizabeth B. Davenport, Brattleboro, Yt ; all 
proposed by Air. Alfred B. Howell; Benjamin 
Weed, .San F'rancisco, Cal., proposed by J. 
Orinnell and Leon Lloyd Oardner, Claremont, 
California, by J. IL Law. These applications 
were held for action at the next meeting. 
On motion by Air. Robertson, seconded hy 
Air. Lelande, and duly carried, the secretary 
was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of 
those present electing' to active membership 
Alessrs. Alanrice Cory Blake and Walter 
Brower, wdiose names w’ere presented at the 
F'ebrnary meeting. 
On motion by Air. Robertson, seconded by 
Air. Owen, and duly carried, the Secretary 
was instructed to correspond with the Northern 
Division, and if the manuscript of ‘‘Belding’s 
Water Birds of California” has not been placed 
in the Bancroft Idbrary to see if it could not be 
arranged to have same deposited in the 
Alusemn of History, Science and Art in Los 
Angeles, to be under the control of the Cooper 
Chrb. Air. Robertson stated that the Aluseum 
will be required to publish each year a list of 
everything received In' the Aluseum and there 
W'ill be additional funds for some publications 
of a special kind. The appropriations are lib- 
eral, and the buildings absolutely fire-proof, 
and the Ahrseum is to be ready for occupancy 
by Tuly, 1911. (In motion by Air. Willett, 
seconded by Air. Robertson, and duly carried, 
the resignation of Alessrs. H. N. Lowe, A. H. 
Keeney and Chas. L. Aletz were accepted w'ith 
regret. 
The Secretary then read a paper by Loye 
Aliller entitled ‘‘A Synopsis of Onr Knowdedge 
concerning the Fossil Birds of the Pacific 
Coast of North America”. Adjourned. — ^J. E. 
Law, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
January. — The January meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Club was held at the 
Aluseum of Vertebrate Zoolog}', Berkeley, on 
the evening of January 2,5, with President 
Grinnell in the chair, and the following mem- 
