Jan., 1912 
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inviting the A. O. U. to meet in San Francisco 
in 1915 in conjunction with the Cooper Orni- 
thological Club was adopted. 
Mr. Grinnell then gave a very interesting 
talk covering his summer’s work and the faunal 
problems that he has been endeavoring to work 
out. Adjourned.— J. E. Law, Secretary. 
November. — The November meeting of the 
Southern Division was held on Friday evening, 
December 1, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 
Wilcox Bldg., Los Angeles, with President 
Morcom in the chair and the following mem- 
bers present: W Lee Chambers, F. S. Dag- 
gett, H. Grey, O. W. Howard, A. B. Howell, 
Antonin Jay, H. J. Lelande, C. C. Lamb. Dr. 
T. S. Palmer, Miss Elizabeth Palmer, L. G. 
Peyton, Guy C. Rich, Howard Robertson, L. W. 
Welch, George Willett, J. E. Law. 
The minutes of the October meeting were 
read and approved. On motion by Mr. Willett, 
seconded bj^ Mr. Lamb, and duly carried, the 
Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous 
ballot of those present electing to active mem- 
bership, Messrs. F. H. Ottmer, R. T. Moore, 
R. L. More, Geo. W. Schussler, John B. Lit- 
sley, Jr., and L- W. Welch, nominated at pre- 
vious meeting. 
Applications were presented as follows: Sher- 
wood Coffin, San Francisco, proposed by Joseph 
Mailliard; Chas. L. Whitcher, and Mrs. L. L. 
Fox, Los Olivos, Calif., proposed by Vernon 
Bailey; Sarah R. Atsatt, Los Angeles, and Eliza- 
beth Heald, Berkeley, both proposed by H. C. 
Bryant; G. W. Stevens, Alva, Oklahoma, pro- 
posed by A. B. Howell; Wm. A. Strong, San 
Jose, Calif., proposed by A. B. Howell. 
On motion made by IMr. Robertson, seconded 
by Mr. Peyton, and duly carried, the applica- 
tion of the Chemical Society and the Geograph- 
ical Society of the Pacific, were approved for 
membership in the Pacific Association of Scien- 
tific Societies, and March 5, 6, 7, 1912, were ap- 
proved as the dates and Stanford L^niversity as 
the place for the next annual meeting of the 
P. A. S. S., and the Business Manager was in- 
structed to remit $5.00 to said Association to 
cover the annual dues. 
Mr. Robertson made a short verbal report on 
the progress of the Museum of Science, History 
and Art, on whose Board of Governors he is 
the member from the Cooper Ornithological 
Club. He reports that the Museum is rapidly 
nearing completion and that IMr. P'. S. Daggett 
has been appointed by the Board of Governors 
as Director of the INIuseum. Mr. Daggett has 
already assumed control and the Cooper Club is 
congratulating itself that one of its members 
has been available for this position. The Mu- 
seum has been taken out of politics and its 
maintenance for a period of fifty years has been 
provided for. The Board of Governors are to 
consist of representatives of the leading scien- 
tific societies of this locality. Mr. Daggett has 
already secured valuable material in the fossils 
taken from the Rancho la Brea beds, and this 
feature alone will be enough to make the Mu- 
seum a great one. Few people realize the 
amount of material of this kind already on 
hand. 
A paper entitled “A Visit to Nootka Sound,” 
by H. S. Swarth was read by the Secretary. 
An insight was given into the history of this 
locality as well as the physical conditions of 
the region. The paper included a list of all 
the birds noted there. 
The Club then listened to a very interesting 
talk by Dr. T. S. Palmer on the bird reserva- 
tions of the United States, of which he has 
charge. There are fifty-one of these at 
the present time, and scattered as they are 
throughout the country some very interesting 
features are presented. It is expected that 
aside from the protection of the birds them- 
selves, some very noteworthy problems will be 
worked out through the facilities thus placed at 
the naturalist’s disposal. The Club gave a 
unanimous vote of thanks to Dr. Palmer for 
his instructive talk, after which it adjourned. 
— J. E. Law, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
October. — The October meeting of the 
Northern Division was held at the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, Saturday evening, 
October 21. Vice-president 11. W. Carriger 
was in the chair, and the following members 
present: E. W. Gifford, H. L. Coggins, IM. S. 
Ray, O. J. Ileinenann, 11. C. Bryant, J. Grin- 
nell, W. P. Taylor, and H. S. Swarth. 
The minutes of the September meeting were 
read and approved. The following applications 
for membership were presented: George W. 
Schussler, San Francisco, Calif., and John B. 
Litsley, Fort Worth, Texas, both presented by 
H. W. Carriger. J. S. Douglas, Bakersfield, 
Cal., and E. J. Darlington, Wilmington, Dela- 
ware, whose names were read last month, were 
elected to membership in the Club. 
The following resolution, offered by W. P. 
Taylor, was unanimously passed, and ordered 
sent to the Southern Division for approval, and 
to be forwarded to the Secretary of the Ameri- 
can Ornithologists’ Union: 
“Whereas no meeting of the American Orni- 
thologists’ Union has been held in the west 
since 190,3, and 
‘AVhereas the progress of the science of Orni- 
thology will be best subserved through a closer 
co-operation of those interested in it through- 
out the nation, and 
"Whereas the members of the Cooper Orni- 
thological Club sincerely desire to enlarge 
their acquaintanceship among members of the 
