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herited his tastes for natural science, and his 
uncle was also much interested in birds. 
Mr. Slevin spent much of his time in col- 
lecting faunal series, as his summers would per- 
mit, among the birds of the foothills of the 
Coast Ranges, and the Sierras. He was an 
expert workman, and a careful observer. His 
notebooks show much painstaking labor, in 
very full notes on the habits and nidification 
of many species. He spent the early part of 
1902 in Arizona, in the hope of improving his 
lately declining health. On his return in May 
he began the recataloging of his large collect- 
ion. In November he came to Haywards in 
hopes of some slight change, and during his 
short stay in the town, his love of the fields 
never lagged. 
Mr. Slevin was unassuming and modest, and 
not given to publicity in his work. He be- 
came a member of the Cooper Club in January, 
1899, and was also an associate member of the 
American Ornithologists’ Union. - W. O. E. 
Geor('»E Shoenberger Ch.\mbi.is.s. 
George Shoenberger Chambliss, a member of 
the Cooper Ornithological Club, died at his 
residence at Altadena, Los Angeles County, 
Cal., February 15, 1903. 
Those of us who were intimately acquainted 
with him had learned to admire his sterling 
qualities and by them his loss will be keenly 
felt.. He was not a collector of birds but a 
close student of their habits, and in many 
ways gave encouragement and substantial aid 
to those who were engaged in active work, es- 
pecially during the past few years of his life 
when the inroads of disease prevented him 
from taking active part himself. It was during 
this period that he founded what is known as the 
Chambliss Ornithological Library, containing 
many rare and out of print works of the earlier 
ornithologists including Andubon’s 1840-1844 
Edition of American Ornithology. This li- 
brary is in constant use by members of the 
club and others interested in ornithology and 
forms a nucleus which in time may become 
the leading ornithological library of the south- 
west. It is already a lasting monument to the 
part he took in gaining knowledge of our 
birds and to his generosity in placing it where 
it will do the most good. F. S. D. 
Thom.\s McIi.wraith. 
Thomas Mcllwraith, one of the founders of 
the American Ornithologists’ Union died at 
his home at Hamilton, Ontario, January 31, 
1903. He was born at Newton, Ayr, Scotland 
on Christmas day, 1834. In 1853 he came to 
Canada to superintend the gas works at Ham- 
ilton. As early as July, i860, and January, 
1861, he published lists of the birds in the 
Canadian Journal, and in 1866 a more com- 
plete paper in the Bulletin of the Essex Institute 
on the birds of Ontario. The two editions of 
the “Birds of Ontario” appeared in 1886 and 
1894.— A. K. F. 
Minutes of Club Meetings. 
NORTHERN DIVISION. 
j.ANUARV. — The annual meeting of the North- 
ern Division was held at the residence of W. 
Otto Emerson near Haywards, January 10, 
President Grinnell presiding, eighteen active 
members and seven visitors present. The 
program for the evening was first presented as 
follows: In Memoriam: Che.ster Barlow, H. 
R. Taylor; Remarks on the Ornithological 
Writings of Chester Barlow, Joseph Grinnell; 
The Conditions of Bird Study in the Mississ- 
ippi Valley, C, R. Keyes. 
The following were elected to active mem- 
bership in the Club: Henry W. Fowler, Palo 
Alto; John M. Miller, Stanford University; 
Agnes Frisius, Alameda. Four applications 
for active membership were received, from 
Theo C. Zschokke, Palo Alto; Lloyd Newland, 
Palo Alto; Herbert Brown, Yuma, Arizona; S, 
B. Show, Stanford University. 
Officers of the Club for 1903 were elected as 
follows: President, H. R. Taylor; senior vice 
president, W. Otto Emerson; junior vice presi- 
dent, Chas, S. Thompson; treasurer-business 
manager, Joseph Grinnell; secretary, C. R. 
Keyes. Mr. Taylor then took the chair and 
appointed Mr. Walter K. Fisher as editor of 
the Club’s official organ and also as an addi- 
tional member of the committee on arrange- 
ments for the Club’s tenth anniversary meeting. 
After a dinner, and an informal exhibit of photo- 
graphs by Mr. Finley and Mr. Beck, the Club 
adjourned to meet with President Taylor in 
Alameda on March 7. 
C. R. Keyes, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION. 
Janu.ary. — The January meeting of the 
Southern Division was held on the 31st at the 
residence of H. J. Lelande, Los Angeles, with 
Mr. Daggett presiding. The following mem- 
bers were present: Messrs. Renwick, Richard- 
son, Howard, Daggett, Swarth, Robertson and 
Lelande. Mr. Herbert Brown whose name was 
proposed for membership at the January meet- 
ing was duly elected. The secretary read a 
communication from Rev. F. Reiser tendering 
his resignation as a member of the club. On 
motion the resignation was accepted. A very 
interesting paper by Mr. C. S. Sharp, “Some 
Unusual Nests of the Bullock Oriole,” was read 
and photographs of nests exhibited. A paper 
on “Bird Notes from Eastern California and 
Western Arizona” by Mr. F. Stephens was read 
by Mr. Daggett. After discussing various 
bird subjects the meeting adjourned. 
H. J. Lelande, Secretary. 
