Jan., 1912 
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III, pt. 3, Jan. 1904, pp. 185-186). Mr. J. B. 
Cleland reports the following finds from stomach 
examinations: Clirysomelid beetles, caterpil- 
lars of large hawk moth {Cequosia triangular- 
is) , banksia month {Danima banksiae) , looper 
caterpillars, beetles {Elator sp., Alicula sp.), 
grubs, insect eggs, and bits of grasshoppers 
{Emu IX, pt. 4, April, 1910, p. 222) . Hall adds 
to this list, spiders, snails and lizards (1. c., 
p. 106). 
Our author gives a somewhat longer account 
of the food of Graucalus mdanops, but still 
falls short of an easy possibility. He says “the 
graucalus lives chiefly upon large insects such 
as mantids, phasmids and grubs. It is said to 
be fond of certain native berries and certain 
species of ants” (no. 10, p. 937). North says: 
“Stomachs that I have examined contained 
principally caterpillars, also the smaller species 
of Phasniidffi and other soft-bodied insects, 
grasshoppers and a few small seeds and berries. 
It is very destructive in orchards and vine- 
yards, feeding upon all the softer kinds of fruit, 
such as mulberries, peaches, apricots, cherries, 
plums, and bananas. From its fondness for the 
former fruit it is known in the Upper Clarence 
District, as the ‘Mulberry bird.’ About the 
vineyards at Albury it is one of the first birds 
to attack the grapes” (1. c., p. 104). Batey 
also notes that it devours grapes {Emu vii, 
pt. 1, July, 1907, p. 5), another observer 
notes that it feeds on native figs {Emu v, pt. 2, 
Oct, 1905, p. 86), and Johncock thinks that it 
distributes mistletoe seeds {Emu v, pt. 4, April, 
1906, p. 224) . C. F. Cole reports it feeding on 
olives, caterpillars, spiders, beetles, and pick- 
ings from a cow skeleton, as well as on larv® 
of case moths {Psychidae) and of the painted 
apple moth {Teia anartoides) {Emu viir, pt. 3, 
Jan., 1909, pp. 154-155). Hall found two Cocci- 
nellid beetles and more than 100 ants in a 
single stomach of the “blue jay” (1. c. , p. 92.). 
These are not all of the notes that could be 
given on these species, since the reviewer of 
course has seen by no means all of the eco- 
nomic references in publications on Australian 
ornithology. Our author’s accounts of other 
species also lack details which a little searching 
of the Emu and other standard publications 
would have supplied. This is especially notice- 
able in the case of the yellow-riimped tit 
{Acanthiza chrysorrhoa) , the cuckoo {Cuculus 
inornaius), the magpie lark {Grallina picata), 
the white-fronted heron {Notophoyx novae- 
hollandiae), and the wood swallow {Artamus 
tenebrosus). To be convincing, publications on 
the value of birds must present detailed proofs 
and it is regrettable that the comparatively 
small number available for Australian birds are 
not collected by the ornithologists most in- 
terested in securing their protection. — W. L. 
McAtee. 
CONSTITUTION OF THE 
COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 
ARTICEK I. 
Name and Objects 
Sec. 1. This society shall be known as the 
Cooper Ornithological Club. 
Sec. 2. The objects of this Club shall be the 
study and advancement of Ornithology, with 
special reference to western North America. 
article II. 
Divisions and Chapters 
Sec. 1. This Club shall consist of two co- 
ordinate bodies known as the Northern and 
Southern Division respectively. The Northern 
Division shall hold its meetings at such places 
as it may determine upon in the cities about 
San Francisco Bay, and the Southern Division 
shall hold its meetings at such places as it may 
determine upon in the cities of Los Angeles 
County. 
Sec. 2. Local chapters outside the territory 
described as the home of the two Divisions may 
be instituted on application made by five or 
more members so located by residence as to 
render such chapter meetings a convenience. 
Such application shall be transmitted in writ- 
ing to either Division, and the same shall be 
acted upon by both Divisions in the same 
manner as upon applications for membership 
as hereinafter provided for. The powers and 
privileges of such chapters shall be as sub- 
sequently defined. 
ARTICLE III. 
Members 
Sec. 1. There shall be three classes of 
members of this Club, active, life, and honorary. 
Sec. 2. Any person interested in the study 
of birds and of not less than sixteen years of 
age shall be eligible to active membership. 
Sec. 3. Any active member may become a 
life member by paying into the treasury of the 
Club the sum of fifty dollars and notifying the 
secretary of his Division that he desires to be 
enrolled as a life member. 
Sec. 4. All applications for active or life 
membership shall be in writing, signed by the 
applicant and by the member proposing him, 
and shall state the name and permanent post- 
office address of the applicant. Such applica- 
tions shall be forwarded to the Secretary of 
either Division, and he shall immediately upon 
receipt of same forward a copy to the Secretary 
of the other Division. Such applications shall 
be read at the first subsequent meeting of both 
