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Official Minutes Southern Division. 
The Division met June 28 at the residence of 
F. S. Daggett in Pasadena, President Daggett 
presiding and six members present. John B. 
Feudge of Highland Park, Cal., was elected to 
active membership. Mr. Judson exhibited a 
nest of the yellow warbler containing one egg 
of the yi'arbler and one of the cowbird ; this is 
the first known record of the latter’s occur- 
rence in this county. Mr. Gaylord gave a de- 
scription of Guadalupe Island and an account 
of the animal life found thereon. Extended 
discussion on various bird subjects was in- 
dulged in. 
H. J. Leland, Sec’y pro teni. 
AUGUST. 
The Division met August 30 at the residence 
of O. W. Howard in Los Angeles with eleven 
members present. G. Frean Morcom was pres- 
ent as a visitor. The names of J. G. Brown and 
Lester Hart of Santa Monica were proposed for 
active membership. 
Mr. Howard placed on exhibition part of his 
collection of eggs and nests taken in Arizona 
this season. Nearly all the rarer Arizona eggs 
were represented and the nests were arranged 
to show as nearly as possible their natural posi- 
tions. Limbs containing nests of the Califor- 
nian and Arizona woodpeckers were preserved 
complete. Several sets of Mexican goshawk 
were in the collection. Mr. Howard related 
many interesting experiences in collecting 
various sets, his method of obtaining nests at 
the end of long limbs having been described in 
the Condor. 
How.\rd Robertson, Div. Secretary. 
Official Minutes Northern Division. 
SEPTEMBER. 
The Division met Sept. 6 at the residence of 
C. Barlow in Santa Clara, president Grinnell 
presiding. Clayton G. Siefert of Auburn was 
elected to active membership. The application 
of W. M. Pierce of Claremont, Cal., to become 
an active member was placed on file. Remarks 
were made by Mr. Emerson looking to arrange- 
ments for the State Meeting in 1903. 
Mr. Grinnell formally announced the death 
of Dr. James G. Cooper, an honorarj' member, 
at Haywards on July 19. A paper “In Memor- 
iam’’ was read by W. Otto Emerson dealing 
with the personality of Dr. Cooper. Mr. Grin- 
nell read a paper entitled “The Published 
Writings of Dr. J. G. Cooper.” Other papers 
of the evening were “Some Observations on 
the Rufous-crowned Sparrow,” by C. Barlow 
and “A Study of the Black-headed Grosbeak” 
by Miss Anna Ho"-'’ ^ vote of thanks was 
«ie widow of the late Dr. Cooper for 
donations to the library of the Club. On mo- 
tion the Club adjourned to meet next at Palo 
Alto Nov. I. 
C. B.arrow, Div. Secretary. 
PUBLICATIONS RECEIVED. 
Chapman, F. M. List of Birds Collected in 
Alaska by the Andrew Stone Expedition of 
1901. (Bull. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist. XVI, Art. 
XIV). 
Deane, Ruthven. Unusual Abundance of 
the Snowy Owl {Nyctea nyctea) in New Eng- 
land and Canada. ^Repr. The Auk, XIX, No. 
3, July, 1902). 
Shufeldt, Dr. R. W. Osteology of the 
Psittaci. (Repr. Annals of the Carnegie 
Museum, I, pp. 399-421, 1902). 
WhEELOCk, Irene Grosvenor. Nestlings 
of Forest and Marsh. (A. C. McClurg & Co., 
Chicago, pp. 257 and numerous half-tones and 
te.xt figures. I1.40). 
American Ornithology, H, Nos. 8, 9. Aug., 
Sept., 1902. 
Annual Report Smithsonian histitution 
1900. (Issued 1902). 
Biological Survey Circxdar No, Inter- 
state Commerce in Birds and Game. 
Bird-Lore, IV, No. 4. July, Aug., 1902. 
Jour 7 ial of Maine Orn. Society, IV, No. 3, 
Jul}' 1902. 
Mahie Sportsman, IX, No. 108, Aug. 1902. 
Nattire Study, HI, Nos. 2, 3, July, Aug. 
1902. 
Notes on Rhode Island Omiithology, HI, No. 
3, July 1902. 
Novitates Zoologicae, IX, No. 2. July 25, 
1902. 
Osprey, I, No. 6, June, 1902. 
Qur Anhnal Fi'iends, XXIX, No. 12, Aug. 
1902. XXX, No. I, Sept. 1902. 
Our Dumb Animals, XXXV, Nos. 2, 3, 
July, Aug. 1902, 
Out West, XVH, No. 2, Aug. 1902. 
Plant World, V, Nos. 6, 7. June, July 1902. 
Popular Science, XXXVI, Nos. 8, 9. Aug., 
Sept. 1902. 
Proceedings Biol. Society of Washington, 
XV, pp. 161-190. Aug. 6, 1902. 
Proc. Manchester Inst, of Arts & Sciences. 
HI, 1901. 
Recreation, XVH, No. 2, Aug. 1902. 
West American Scientist, XH, No. 14, July; 
XHI, No. I, Aug. 1902. 
