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secretary pro tem. The following were elected 
to active membership in the Club: P, C. 
Mitchell, Dowmey; J. S. Appleton, Simi; 
Henry Grey, Rialto; Nelson Carpenter, Escon- 
dido ; R. C. Wueste, San Diego and A. Stert, 
Pasadena. Mr. I'ranklin exhibited a nest and 
set of five eggs of the Western Gnatcatcher 
containing a runt egg which measured .33X.25 
inches, the set having been taken on May 25. 
J. Eugene Law read a paper dealing with 
Riverside county birds. 
AUGUST. 
A Special meeting was held at the residence 
of F. S, Daggett on August 10. President 
Grinnell of the Northern Division called the 
meeting to order with six members present. 
The minutes of the previous (May) meeting 
were read and approved, after which the even- 
ing was taken up in discussing and revising 
the first draft of the new constitution, which 
the Club intends to adopt. 
AUCU.ST. 
The regular monthly meeting was held 
Aug. 31 at the residence of O. W. Howard in 
Los Angeles with eleven members and four 
visitors present. The resignation of W. E, 
Tyler was accepted. The names of Alphonse 
and Antonin Jay of Los Angeles were proj)osed 
for membership. Mr. Howard placed on exhi- 
bition a number of sets of eggs collected by 
him in the mountains of Arizona the past sea- 
son. Among the interesting sets were Rivoli 
Hummingbird 11-2. Cones’ Flycatcher % ; 
Sulphur-bellied F'lycatcher 2-4, ; Vermilion 
Flycatcher Olivaceus Flycatcher 1-5; Coo- 
per’s Tanager 2-4; Hepatic Tanager 
Olive Warbler Virginia’s Warbler 1-5, "J ; 
Red-faced Warbler 2-4; Painted Redstart 2-4. 
Mr. Howard described the taking of many of 
the sets, that of the Olivaceus Flycatcher 
being one of the few known sets of this bird. 
The difference between the eggs and those of 
the Ash-throated Fh’catcher was pointed out, 
the former being smaller and more finely 
marked. 
Howard Robert.son, Division Secretary. 
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Official Minutes of Northern Division. 
The Division met September 7 at the resi- 
dence of E. H. Skinner in San Jose, with eleven 
members and three visitors present. President 
Grinnell presided. The following were elected 
to active membership: H. P. Goodman and 
George Grimm of Napa; R. Kocher Jr., of San 
Jose; Chas. A. Swdsler of Placerville; E. B. 
Towne, George Towne and J. W. Rosebrook of 
Palo Alto; J. FL Wilson and J. O. Young of 
Stanford. The new Constitution w’as given its 
second reading and referred to the Southern 
Division for its final action. The following 
papers were read: “Recent Captures of the 
Guadalupe Caracara’’ by R. H. Beck; “Sum- 
mer Birds of Washoe Lake, Nevada,’’ by For- 
rest S. Hanford; “Some Characteristics of the 
Mountain Chickadee,” by C. Barlow; “Early 
Californian Literature,” by Joseph Grinnell. 
Adjourned, 
C. Barlow, Division Secretary. 
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PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Deane, Ruthven. Unpublished 
Letters of William Macgillivray to John 
James Audubon. (From Atik, XVIII, 
No. 3, July, 1901.J 
Shufeldt, Dr. R. W. The Osteol- 
ogy of the Cuckoos (Coccyges). (Re- 
printed from Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc. 
XL, No. 165). 
American Ornithology^ I, Nos. 8, 9. 
Aug., Sept. 1901. 
Bird- Lore, III, No. 4, July- Aug. 1901. 
Bulletin Chicago Academy of Sciences, 
11, No. IV, July I, 1901. 
Journal Maine Ornithological Society, 
III, No. 3, July, 1901. 
Laboratorium and iMusenm, HI, Ber- 
lin, 1901. 
Maine Sportsman, VHI, Nos. 95, 96. 
July, Aitg. 1901. 
Nature Study, 1 1 , Nos. 3, 4. Aug., Sept., 
1901. 
Novitates Zoologicac VHI, No. 2, July 5, 
1901. 
Notes 071 Rhode Island Ornithology, H, 
No. 3, July, 1901. 
Oologist, The, XVIII, Nos. 7, 8, 9. 
July, Aug., Sept. 1901. 
Ornithologisches Jahrbuch, VH, No. 
4-5, JuL^-October, 1901. 
Osprey, The, V, No. 6, June, 1901. 
Our Aiiinial Friends, XX VHI, No. 
12, Aug; XXIX, No. i. Sept. ’01. 
Our Dumb Aiiimals, XXXIV, Nos. 2, 
3. July, Aug.. 1901. 
Plant World, IV, Nos. 6, 7. June, 
July, 1901. 
Popular Science, XXXV, Nos. 8, 9. 
Aug., Sept., 1901. 
Proceedings Ma 7 ichester Institute op 
Arts anid Sciences. Vol. H, 1900, Pub- 
lished 1901. 
West Ai 77 eri can Scie 7 itist,SA\, Sos. i, 
2,3. June, July, Aug., 1901. 
