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THE CONDOR 
VOL. VI 
THE CONDOli 
An Illustrated Magazine of Western 
Ornithology 
Published Bi-monthly by the Cooper Ornithologi- 
e.al Club of California 
WALTER. K. FISHER., Editor, Palo Alto 
JOSEPH CiR.lNNELL, Business Manager and 
Associate. Editor, Pasadena 
R.. E. SNODCiRASS, Associate Editor 
Palo Alto, California: Published March 15, 1904 
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Minutes of Club Meetings 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
November. — Held at the Phi Kappa Psi 
House, Berkeley, Nov. 7, 1903. President Tay- 
lor in the chair. Owing to the resignation of 
Mr. Kaeding the Club was without a secretary. 
Mr. Thompson was appointed secretary pro 
tern. There were sixteen members and six vis- 
itors present, and after the reading and ap- 
proving of the minutes of the previous meet- 
ing, three new members were elected: T. 
S. Palmer, Washington, D. C.; F. M. Chap- 
man, New York City; and Geo. L. Kaed- 
ing, San Francisco. The resignations of Miss 
A. F. Keefer and R. Kocherwere accepted. 
Article H, section i, as amended, was passed 
and accepted by the Southern Division. The 
amendment of Article III, section i was rejected. 
Two communications were read, one from 
Mr. Kaeding, one from Mr. Bade. The follow- 
ing new members were proposed: Miss A. M. 
Brown, Pacific Grove; E. W. Nelson, Washing- 
ton, D. C; A. K. Fisher, Washington, D. C.; 
J. H. Bowles, Tacoma, Wash., by Mr. Fisher; 
E. Gifford, Alameda, by Mr. Cohen; C. W. 
Bowles, Tacoma, Wash., and D. A. Fuertes, 
Ithaca, N. Y., by Mr. Kaeding; Jessie E. But- 
ler, Pasadena, by Mr. Grinnell, and F. E. New- 
bury, Alameda, by Mr. Taylor. 
Upon motion of Mr. Emerson, Mr. Thomp- 
son was appointed secretary for the remainder 
of the year. 
After a short intermission, the following were 
nominated as officers for the ensuing year: 
President, H. R. Taylor; Senior Vice-president, 
R. B. Moran; Junior Vice-president, W. Earle 
Mulliken; Treasurer, J. Grinnell; Secretary, 
Chas. S. Thompson. After some discussion, it 
was decided to hold the annual meeting at the 
residence of H. R. Taylor, Alameda. The fol- 
lowing program was presented: “Observations 
in Illinois during the Summer of 1902,” by 
Miss I. M. Eschenberg; “Clapper Rails,” by 
Mr. H. H. Bailey; “Nesting of the Pine Siskin,” 
by Mr. H. W. Carriger. Meeting adjourned 
until January ninth, 1904. 
Chas. S. Thompson, Secretary. 
January. — The annual meeting was held at 
the residence of President H. R. Taylor, Ala- 
meda, January 9, 1904. There were eighteen 
members and eight visitors present, among the 
latter, Mrs. J. E. Barlow. Nine new members 
were elected, as follow's: E. W. Nelson, Wash- 
ington, D. C., C. W. Bowles, Tacoma, Wash., 
Miss J. F. Butler, Pasadena, A. K. Fisher, 
Washington, D. C., J. H. Bowles, Tacoma, 
Wash., E. W. Gifford, Alameda, L. A. Fuertes, 
Ithaca, N. Y., F. E. Newberg, Alameda, and 
Miss A. M. Brown, Pacific Grove. 
Five applications for membership were read; 
P. B. Peabody, Sundance, Wyo., and J. L. 
Childs, Floral Park, N. Y., being proposed by 
Mr. Grinnell, Miss Anna Wiebald, Oakland, by 
Miss Swett, C. W. Luce, Haywards, by Mr. 
Emerson, and Vernon Bailey, Washington, D. 
C., by Mr. Fisher. 
The following officers were elected to serve 
during 1904. President, H. R. Taylor; Senior 
Vice-president, R. B. Moran; Junior Vice-pre- 
sident, E. Mulliken; Treasurer, Jos. Grinnell; 
Secretary’, Chas. S. Thompson. Walter K. 
Fisher was appointed editor-in-chief of The 
Condor, with J. Grinnell and R. E. Snodgrass 
as associates. 
Mr. Emerson, in a few well-chosen words, 
congratulated Mr. Taylor on his reelection, 
voicing the sentiments of the Club. Mr. Tay- 
lor replied, and outlined his policy for the 
coming year. The following program was pre- 
sented. Mr. Anderson read an interesting 
paper entitled “A Bird Island in Cook Inlet, 
Alaska,” and Mr. Emerson entertained the as- 
sembly by a lecture on “Adaptations in the 
Bills and Feet of Birds.” Mr. Emerson’s lec- 
ture was illustrated by a fine display of bird 
skins. 
After the program a vote of thanks was ten- 
dered the editors and manager of The Con- 
dor for the able manner in which the paper 
had been conducted during 1903. The meeting 
adjourned, to meet in Oakland, March 5, 1904. 
All present then did ample justice to the boun- 
teous spread which had been provided by the 
host, Mr. Taylor. 
Cha.s. S. Thompson, Secretary. 
In Re Taylor’s Catalogue 
Through a misunderstanding I allowed my 
name to be used prematurely in connection 
with a proposed revison of Taylor’s Catalogue, 
as per notice in January 1904 Condor. I now 
state that I am not connected with Taylor’s 
Catalogue in any manner. — D. A. Cohen. 
Mrs. Mabel Osgood Wright, in January Bird 
Lore, has a little sennon, with the suggestive 
text “Keep on Pedaling!” This is a good 
motto for any club, the Cooper Club among 
others. The application is not far to seek. 
There is a decided tendency, in any organiza- 
tion, to attempt the difficult feat of coasting up 
