Jan., 1915 
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Mrs. Husher, and Messrs. Blaine, Chambers, 
Colburn, Daggett, Gardner, Howell, Little, 
Miller, Morcom, Rich, Shepardson, Swarth, 
and Wyman. Mr. Edward G. Brown was a 
visitor. 
The November minutes were read and 
approved, followed by the November min- 
utes of the Northern Division. New mem- 
bers elected are: Wharton Huber, F. Sey- 
mour Hersey, F. H. Ward, Leonard C. San- 
ford, G. E. Osterhout, W. H. Sanford, and 
Mrs. Marion Lampson Goodcell. A motion 
was also passed admitting to membership 
those individuals elected at the last North- 
ern Division meeting. New names were 
presented as follows: Professor W. A. Ford, 
Umatilla, Oregon, proposed by S. G. Jewett; 
J. N. Swift, Stockport, Ohio, proposed by W. 
Lee Chambers. The resignation of Charles 
H. Richardson was read, and accepted with 
regret. 
President Law announced the personnel 
of the committee on arrangements for the 
joint A. O. U.-C. O. C. meeting in 1915, to 
be as follows: Messrs. Law, Willett, Dag- 
gett, Howell, and Miller. The function of 
this committee is to assist in the entertain- 
ment of such members of the A. O. U. as 
stop in Los Angeles on their way to or from 
the San Francisco meeting. 
A letter was read, received from Joseph 
Dixon, in which he offered to give an illus- 
trated talk to the Division on his experi- 
ences in the Arctic. The secretary was 
empowered to arrange for a special meeting 
if necessary. Nominations for officers for 
1915 were in order at this, the last meeting 
of the year. After some discussion a motion 
was made and passed that the secretary 
cast a ballot electing to further service 
those now holding the several offices: 
President, J. E. Law; Vice-president, How- 
ard Robertson; Secretary, H. S. Swarth. 
Mr. Law had on exhibition specimens of 
the southern California species of grebes 
and loons, and there was some discussion 
of the various plumages represented. Ad- 
journed. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
September. — The regular monthly meet- 
ing of the Northern Division was held in 
Room 101 East Hall, University of Califor- 
nia, Berkeley, Thursday evening, Septem- 
ber 17, 1914, at 8 o’clock. President Bryant 
was in the chair with the following mem- 
bers present: Mesdames Allen, Anderson 
and Grinnell, the Misses Andrews, Atsatt, 
Crane, Culver and Swezy, and the Messrs. 
Anderson, Bryant, Camp, Carriger, Dawson, 
Grinnell, Mailliard, Silliman and Storer. 
Several visitors were present. 
The program of the evening was first pre- 
sented. Mr. M. P. Anderson spoke on “The 
Experiences of a Collector in Peru.” His 
remarks were based upon a recent collect- 
ing trip which he made for the Field Muse- 
um of Chicago. The talk was illustrated 
with lantern slides of the scenery. 
The business of the meeting was then 
taken up. The minutes cf the Northern Di- 
vision August meeting were read and ap- 
proved, followed by the reading of the min- 
utes of the Southern Division meeting of the 
same month. The following persons were 
elected to membership: Miss Hazel King, 
Mrs. Amy M. Bryant, Mr. Lee R. Dice, Miss 
Amy E. Gunn, Miss Frieda Lueddemann, 
Miss Mary S. Storer and Miss Dorothy Con- 
ger, as also the names proposed at the 
Southern Division in June and July, twenty- 
nine in all. The following name was pro- 
posed for membership: Dr. W. Stark, Au- 
burn, California, by Tracy I. Storer. Nine 
names proposed at the Southern Division in 
August were read. 
Mr. Grinnell made a few remarks upon 
the need of observations in the late summer 
and early fall to detect the departure of the 
summer visitants as well as the arrival of 
winter visitants. Adjourned. — Tracy I. 
Storer, Secretary. 
October. — The regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, October 
15, 1914, at 8 p. m. President Bryant was in 
the chair with the following members pres- 
ent: Mesdames Allen, Bryant, and Grin- 
nell, Misses Culver and Lueddemann, and 
Messrs. Bolander, Camp, Carriger and Grin- 
nell. Several visitors were present. 
The minutes of the Northern Division 
September meeting were read and approved 
followed by the reading of the Southern Di- 
vision September minutes. The following 
were elected to membership: Dr. W. Stark, 
and the members proposed at the Southern 
Division August meeting. The following 
were proposed for membership: Mrs. Jane 
J. Schlisinger, 1417 Filbert St., Oakland, by 
Mrs. A. S. Allen; Dr. Otto Westerfeld, 240 
Stockton St., San Francisco, by Joseph 
Mailliard; and the persons proposed at the 
Southern Division September meeting. 
Joseph Grinnell gave a talk on the birds 
observed by him in a recent trip through 
the Yosemite Valley. A general discussion 
followed. Adjourned.- — Charles L. Camp, 
Secretary, pro tem. 
