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THE CONDOR 
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ing that the Hearst papers were conducting 
a campaign against the proposed legislation 
for better and further game protection. 
Various paper clippings on the same sub- 
ject were read. Mr. Law has written the 
State Fish and Game Comm'ssion and 
others, assuring them of his hearty support' 
and co-operation in any laws that will bene- 
fit and preserve the wild life in California. 
On motion b 3 ' Mr. Miller and seconded by 
Mr. Chambers, the Southern Division 
adopted a resolution upholding and sup- 
porting the sentiments expressed by Mr. 
Law. Adjourned. — Chester L.vmb, Secretary 
t>ro tern. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
August — The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division was held at the 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, 
Saturday evening, August 17, with vice-presi- 
dent Carriger in the chair, and the following 
members present : Messrs. Bryant, Grinnell, 
Heinemann, Ray, Shelton, Stone, Swarth and 
Taylor. Mr. Duttke was present as a visitor. 
The minutes of the last (March) Northern 
Division meeting were read and approved, 
followed by the reading of the minutes of the 
last three Southern Division meetings. The 
long list of proposals for membershio acted 
upon by the Southern Division during the 
past four months were read, but inasmuch 
as these had all been accepted by that division, 
it was not considered necessary to lay them 
over for another month for election in the 
Northern Division, and their acceptance was 
accordingly ratified at once. 
The following proposal was read : 
We, the undersigned, active members of the 
Cooper Ornithological Club, hereby propose 
for honorary membership in the Club, Mr. 
Frank Stephens of San Diego. 
Our reasons for proposing this recognition 
of Mr. Stephens’ connection with western 
ornithology are as follows : The candidate 
may be justly credited with a very large pro- 
portion of the first published information in 
regard to the birds of Arizona and southern 
California. This information was nearly all 
of it issued under the authorship of Brewster, 
Bendire, Fisher and Morcom. It was one re- 
sult of untiring field work at a time when con- 
ditions made it far more difficult than we now 
can realize. 
Furthermore, Mr. Stephens collected a large 
proportion of the specimens which became 
the basis of the first intensive systematic work 
on the birds of the regions named. Both 
specimens and facts gathered point towards a 
superior ability as a field naturalist. 
We believe that the election of Mr. Stephens 
to honorary membership in the Club is only 
justice as an expression of appreciation of his 
services to western ornithology. 
(Signed) Joseph Mailliard, 
H. W. Carriger, 
H. S. Swarth, 
J. Grinnell. 
The motion was enthusiastically ' endorsed 
in brief speeches by several of the members 
present, and was passed without a dissenting 
vote, subject to the approval of the Southern 
Division. 
■ The Southern Division minutes contained a 
motion relative to the distribution of the 
Club’s publications, but inasmuch as this de- 
parture from former methods had not been 
made in the manner provided by the Consti- 
tution. the Northern Division decided that it 
was powerless to act in the matter. The sec- 
retary was instructed to communicate with 
the secretary of the Southern Division, calling 
his attention to the irregularity of the action, 
and urging the impossibility of its sanction by 
this Division. 
After the disposal of the above business, 
the paper of the evening was read : A Descrip- 
tion of the Nesting of the California Pi’e 
Grosbeak, by Milton S. Ray. Specimens of 
the birds and eggs were on exhibition, to- 
gether with numerous photographs. 
Mr. Grinnell then gave a brief talk on the 
prospects of the Band-tailed Pigeon as a game 
bird. This was a summary of data gathered 
for the Fish and Game Commission, to aid in 
the drafting of suitable protective laws, and 
described the several peculiar phenomena in 
the life history of the species, which render 
the birds so difficult to protect. Adjourned. — 
H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS OF THE 
COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 
Revised to September 1, 1912 
(Residence in California unless otherwise 
stated. Year following address indi- 
cates date of election). 
HONORARY MEMBERS 
.Alien, Dr. J. A., American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, N. Y. 1910. 
Beal, Prof. F. E. L., Dept, of Agriculture. 
Washington, D. C. 1910. 
Belding, Lyman, Stockton. 1896. 
Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 1919 16th St., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 1909. 
Ridgway, Robert, 3353 18th St., N. W., 
Washington, D. C. 1905. 
Stephens, Frank, Box 13. R. F. D. 2, San 
Diego. 1912. 
ACTIVE MEMBERS 
Adams, Ernest, Box 21, Clipper Gap, Placer 
Co. 1896. 
.Alexander, Miss Annie M., Seaview and 
Union Aves., Piedmont. 1908. 
Allen, Arthur A., 115 Stewart Ave., Ithaca, 
N. Y. 1911. 
Anderson, Malcolm P., Menlo Park. 1901. 
Appleton, J. S., Simi, Ventura Co. 1901. 
Arnold, B. W., 46S State St., Albany, N. Y. 
1910. 
