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THE CONDOR 
I Vol. IV 
Annual Report of the Business Manager. 
The annual report of the business manager 
of the Cooper Ornithological Club for 1901 was 
presented at the annual meeting of the North- 
ern DivisiononJan.il. The report opens by 
commenting upon the present flourishing con- 
dition of the Club and recites the causes which 
have led up to the present conditions. Dur- 
ing 1901 the Northern Division elected 45 and 
the Southern Division 13 active members, a 
total of 58 for the year, while 6 members were 
dropped for non-payment of dues, leaving a 
net gain of 52. The present active member- 
ship is 166; honorary members, 3. 
Two publications were issued in the name of 
the Club, by private donation, during 1901, 
and the sale of all publications was encourag- 
ing. The report urges that members attend 
promptly to the payment of their dues and 
that an assistant business manager be ap- 
pointed to attend to the collection of delinquent 
dues and subscriptions. It is also recom- 
mended that the new rule requiring written 
applications for membership, accompanied by 
the first year’s dues, be enforced, and that ap- 
plications not so presented be declared not in 
order. 
The adoption of certain editorial rules, as 
explained elsewhere, is brought to the atten- 
tion of the membership with the request that 
they be followed in preparing manuscript. 
The financial statement for the year is as fol- 
lows: — 
RECEIPTS. 
Received from all sources $799.31 
EXPENDITURES. 
Expended for printing The Condor, 
special publications, extras etc $ 602.00 
Half-tones and various cuts 99.00 
Postage (letters etc) 48.18 
Stationery 25.05 
Miscellaneous expense T4.45 
Mailing magazine during 1901 7.39 
Balance on hand 3.24 
$799 31 
Concerning the Club and its membership 
the report sa}'s: “While it has enrolled ap- 
parently the greater majority of the working 
force of ornithologists in the state, there is a 
constantly growing and unenrolled number of 
workers who should be allied with the Club, 
and who can be secured by proper effort on the 
part of the present members. There are many 
secluded portions of the state in which lone 
ornithologists live and labor without that as- 
sistance which co-operative effort lends. Many 
of these workers are located in sections from 
which observations would prove most welcome, 
and yet it remains for someone to reach and 
impress on them the beneficial results which 
will ensue from their uniting with an organ- 
ized movement. Thus the up-building of the 
Club depends not alone on the scientific work 
of its members, but to a certain degree on 
their efforts in effecting as far as passible a 
complete organization of our working forces.” 
The report in detail will be printed and 
mailed to members during the present month. 
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Official Minutes Northern Division. 
ANNUAL MEETING: JANUARY. 
The annual meeting of the club was held at 
the residence of C. Barlow in Santa Clara, 
Saturday evening, January ii. President Grin- 
nell presiding. The following were elected to 
active membership in the club: Dr. David 
Starr Jordan, Stanford University; Dr. Chas. 
H. Gilbert, Palo Alto; Luther J. Goldman, 
Berkeley; F. W. Bancroft, Berkeley; S. A. 
Barrett, Ukiah; Miss Sophie Englehart, Oak- 
land; Mrs. F. E. Dorsey, Stanford University. 
Officers of the Club for 1902 were elected as 
follows: Joseph Grinnell, president; Chas. R. 
Keyes, senior vice-president; E. H. Skinner, 
junior vice-president; C. Barlow, secretary; C. 
Barlow, business manager-treasurer. A cover 
design submitted by Walter K Fisher was ac- 
cepted and the thanks of the Club extended 
Mr. Fisher. 
The following names were proposed for ac- 
tive membership in the Club: — Leverett M. 
Loomis, San Francisco; Dr. R. F. Rooney, 
Auburn; Frank J. Smith, Eureka; Murraj' M. 
Watson, Pacific Grove. Six members were 
dropped for non-payment of dues, as follows: 
Robt. E. Bruce, Horace A. Gaylord, Henry E. 
Graham, Jno. J. Neuenburg, H. R. Painton 
and Lloyd T. Stephenson. 
The report of the business manager for 1901 
was presented and on motion accepted. It was 
ordered that the same be printed and mailed to 
members of the Club. The programme of the 
evening was then taken up. Papers were read 
as follows: ‘‘A Trip to Mono Lake, Ornith- 
ological and Otherwise,” by Walter K. Fisher; 
"Bird Songs, ” by Jno. J. Williams; ‘‘Oppor- 
tunity for Club and Individual Work,” by 
Joseph Grinnell; ‘‘The Crissal Thrasher in 
California,” by M. French Gilman. After a 
banquet the Club adjourned tc meet at Stan- 
ford University March i. 
C. Barlow, Division Secretary. 
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Official Minutes Southern Division. 
NOVEMBER. 
The Division met Nov. 30 with Mr. Roth 
Reynolds in Los Angeles, H. J. Leland pre- 
siding in the absence of Pres. Daggett. Seven 
members were present. Dr. F. S. Palmer of 
Los Angeles was proposed for membership. 
Dr. Garrett Newkirk presented his resignation 
as a member of the Club, but action was post- 
poned until the next meeting. The following 
nominations for officers for 1902 were made: 
President, F. S. Daggett; Vice-President, H. J. 
Leland; Secretary, Howard Robertson; Treas- 
urer, H. S. Swarth; Associate Editor, Howard 
Robertson. The chair appointed Messrs. Jud- 
son, vSwarth, Reynolds and Robertson a com- 
mittee to arrange for the annual meeting. 
Howard Robertson, Div. Secretary. 
