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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XIV 
minihcrs of The Condok, Avifauna, cuts and 
so forth. W. Lee Chamljers agreeing to re- 
pay to the Club the amount it invests in the 
building, at such time as the Club shall no 
longer have use for the room. 
Mr. Dawson had with him a very handsome 
selection of late photographs of birds show- 
ing wonderful success : also several of the 
original paintings by Allan Brooks which will 
be put in the Edition de Luxe of "The Birds 
of California". Adjourned. — J. E. L-\w, Sec- 
retary. 
M.xkch — The March meeting of the South- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club 
was held on Thursday evening, March 28, 
1912, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wil- 
cox Building, Los .Angeles, with President 
Alorcom in the chair and the following mem- 
bers present : Messrs. Blaine, Chambers, 
Grey, O. W. Howard, Hubbs, Antonin Jay, 
Judson. Knickerbocker, Lamb, Lelande, Lin- 
ton, Aliller, Rich, Robertson, Willett, Zahn, 
I>aw: and as visitors, Mr. George Wood of 
Hollywood and Air, McClusky of the new 
Museum. 
The minutes of the Southern Division for 
February were read and approved and the 
minutes of the Northern Di\'ision for Febru- 
ary were read. 
On motion by Mr. Willett, seconded by Air. 
Howard, and duly carried, the Secretary was 
instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of 
those present electing to active membership, 
Afesdames Head. Aleyers, and Wythe, and 
Alessrs. Flint and Stone, nominated at pre- 
\-ious meeting. 
Application was presented from Air. James 
Buckland of the Royal Colonial Institute. 
Northumberland Ave., London. Eng., pro- 
posed by Mr. W. Lee Chambers. 
'I'he committee appointed to make recom- 
mendations in regard to game laws for south- 
ern California made the following recom- 
mendations which. 
on motion of 
VI r. 
Aliller, 
seconded by Air. C 
hamliers and 
duly 
carried. 
were adopted and ordered filed: 
OPEN SEASON 
bag limit 
Valley (Jii^il 
Oct. 1.5-Nov. 
1.5 
20 
per (lay 
Alountain Onail 
.Sept. 1-Dec. 
1 
10 
Mourning Dove 
.Sept, bS-Oct. 
1,5 
20 
Hand-tailed Pigeon 
Nov. 1-AIar. 
1 
20 
“ “ 
All Ducks 
Oct. bS-P'eb. 
15 
20 
( i i { 
Wilson .Snipe 
Nov. 1.5-Apr. 
15 
20 
( i t ( 
Killdeer 
Oct. bS-Eeb. 
15 
20 
“ “ 
Rail 
Nov. 1-Dec. 
1 
15 
“ “ 
Closed season for at least 2 years and longer 
if possible — Ibis, Avocet, Stilt, Godwit. Yel- 
low-legs, Willet, Curlew, Black-bellied Plover, 
Alountain Plo\’cr. 
Be excluded from game birds and cn pro- 
tected list — All other Waders, including Sand- 
pipers. Phalaropes, Dowitcher. Knot, Sander- 
ling.Tattler, Semipalmated and Snowy Plover, 
Surf-bird, Turnstones, and Oyster-catchers. 
Pump guns for all game birds be prohibited 
after January 1, 1915. 
On motion b}" Air. Howard, seconded b}' 
Mr. Aliller, the above committee was con- 
tinued and instructed to make a list of the 
l)irds commonly considered harmful, but in 
reality beneficial, and make an outlined pbm 
looking toward distributing and posting such 
facts where they will come to the attention of 
gunners. 
A few brief notes from Coeur d' Alene, 
Idaho, by Air. H. J. Rust, were read by the 
Secretary, .Adjourned. — J. E. Law, Secre- 
tary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
AIarch — The monthly meeting of the 
Northern Division was held at the Aluseum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on Saturday 
evening. Afarch 16. President Coggins was in 
the chair, and the following members present : 
Aliss .Atsatt and Aliss Heald. and Alessrs. 
Brown. Boyce, Camp, Carriger, Gifford, Grin- 
nell, Ritter, Storer, Taylor, and Swarth. Pro- 
fessor H, B. Torre}' and Air. A. C. Chandler 
were visitors. The paper of the evening, "The 
Relation Between Size of Wings and Extent 
of h'light in Birds,’’ by Professor W. E. Rit- 
ter, was taken up first, and the reading of the 
pajier, witli the subsequent discussion, occu- 
pied most of the session. 
After a short intermission the routine busi- 
ness before the meeting was taken up. The 
minutes of the Eebruary meeting were read 
and approved, followed liy the Southern Divi- 
sion February minutes. 'I'he following, whose 
names were presented last month, were elect- 
ed to membership: Aliss .Anna Head. Miss 
Alargaret W. Wythe. George E. Stone, Frank 
H. Renick, Lloyd Servis, and Frank Al. 
Phelps. 
New names were presented as follows: Airs. 
Harriet Williams Alyers, by W. L. Dawson : 
Wm. R. Flint, by .A. B. FIowcll ; James Buck- 
land. Iiy W. Lee Chambers. 
Mr. Taylor, Chairman of the Conservation 
Committee, gave a brief summary of the work 
accomplished, and an outline of the plans of 
future work. 
Air. Storer suggested for the consideration 
of the Club a plan for the acquisition and care 
of a series of photographic slides, dealing with 
ornithological subjects, to be held for the use 
of Club members. The chair appointed Air. 
Storer a committee of one to look into the 
matter, and ascertain the practicability of the 
idea. .Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
