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Circular No. 35 of the Biological Survey has been issued under the supervision of Dr. T. vS. 
Palmer, Assistant Chief, and is entitled “Directory of »State Officials and Organizations con- 
cerned with the Protection of Birds and Game, 1902.” As the title implies it furnishes a com- 
plete list of all state officials and state organizations interested in game or bird protection, be- 
sides a list of the .Yudubon societies. The directory has been brought down to date and should 
be in the hands of those who are interested in the great protection movement. 
The Delaware Valley Ornithological Club of Philadelphia presents its Proceedings for 1901 
in the form of a royal octavo publication, handsomely printed, and entitled Cassi?iia, “.Yn An- 
nual Devoted to the Ornithology of Pennsylvania and New Jersey”. Cassim'a is a continuation of 
the Club’s previous and less sumptuous “Abstract of Proceedings, ” while its increased size 
permits the publication of a greater volirme of material. The initial number jmesents an excel- 
lent half-tone plate of John Cassin as frontispiece and its sixty pages are replete with interesting 
papers read before the Club. 
Oologists will be interested to learn that the major part of the Jean Bell collection, recently 
purchased by .Mr. John Lewis Childs, has been sold to Mr. C. W. Crandall of Woodside, N. Y. 
We are informed that Mr. Childs preserves but two typical sets of each species, and after filling 
ail}- existing gaps from the Bell collection, it was sold as above stated. Mr. Crandall informs us 
that his cabinets now hold not less than 50,000 eggs, among which may be mentioned white- 
tailed kite; 42 sets; prairie falcon; 21 sets, golden 
hawk, 24 sets; sharp-shinned hawk, 112 sets etc. 
Official Minutes Southern Division. 
The Division met March 28 with Roth Rey- 
nolds, Vice President Leland presiding and ten 
active members present. Wm. G. Renwick of 
Claremont, W. C. Hanna of Colton, Clarence 
S. Sharp of Escondido, Thomas Brown of Los 
.\ngeles and lulward Howard of Los Angeles 
were elected to active membership. The name 
of Robert F. Jones of Santa Monica was pro- 
posed for active membership. A communica- 
tion from O. W. Howard regarding the condi- 
tion of a number of caged birds in a certain 
bird store was read and the secretary instructed 
to investigate and if necessary to report the 
matter to the health officer, Mr. C. S. Sharp 
of Escondido presented a paper on the Swain- 
son hawk, and a discussion followed which 
brought out man}' interesting facts. The 
grebes were selected for study at the next 
meeting. 
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The Southern Division met again with Mr. 
Reynolds on April 26, President Daggett pre- 
siding and nine active members present. 
Robt. F. Jones of Santa Monica was elected to 
active membership. “Grebes” was the sub- 
ject of the evening and a paper on the .Ameri- 
can eared grebe was presented by Howard 
Robertson. The meeting adjourned to meet 
next with Mr. Daggett in Pasadena on Friday 
evening, .May 30, when the loon family will be 
considered. 
Howard Rorert.son, Div. Secretary. 
Official Minute Northern Division. 
MAY, 
The Division met with Mr. Chas. R. Keyes 
at Berkeley on May 3, President Grinnell pre- 
eagle, 38 sets; California vulture, 3 sets; duck 
siding and fourteen active members present. 
Mr. H. WL Fowler w'as present as a visitor. 
The programme of the evening was first pre- 
sented, consisting of the following papers: 
“The American Ornithologists’ Union of 1840- 
45” by H W. LMwler; “The Dusky Horned 
Owl in Captivity” by H. R, Taylor; “Nesting 
Habits of the Wren-Tit” by D, A. Cohen; “Vo- 
cal Powers of the Yellow-billed Alagpie” by 
H. R. Noack. Air. H. C. Johnson of Ameri- 
can Fork, Utah had kindly forwarded for the 
inspection of the club a set of live eggs with 
nest and male parent of Clarke nutcracker, 
taken in Utah Co., LTtah April 8. The set is 
extremely unusual as to number of eggs. Mr. 
Barlow exhibited a set of four eggs and nest of 
the rufous-crowned sparrow collected near San 
Jose on April 27. 
The following were elected to active mem- 
bership in the Club: — Lee Nims, Pacific Grove; 
Hubert C). Jenkins, Stanford; Miss Alice M. 
Jenkins, Stanford; Frederick W. Kobbe, San 
Francisco and Geo H. Ready, Santa Cruz, Air. 
Griunell as a committee re])()rted the collection 
of funds necessary to the publication of a 
“Check-List of California Birds” to be issued 
as Pacific Coast Avifauna Xo. j during June, 
the publication being now in press. Four ap- 
plications for active membership were read and 
filed as follows: — Henry F. Bailey, Santa Cruz; 
Aliss Anna Head, Berkeley; Airs. Ruby G. Bell, 
Stanford and Miss AI. E. Skillings, Alameda, 
A letter signed by five active members resid- 
ing in and about Oakland, CaL, petitioning the 
Club to grant the necessary permission for the 
formation of a chapter as provided by the 
constitution, was read, and being in proper 
form the request was, on motion, granted. 
The Club adjourned to meet at .San Jose, July 
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C. Bart.ow, Div. Secretary. 
