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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVII 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
April. — The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division of the Cooper Ornith- 
ological Club was held at the California 
Academy of Sciences, 343 Sansome Street, 
San Francisco, April 15, 1915, at 8 p. m. 
President Mailliard was in the chair with 
the following members present: Mrs. Grin- 
nell, and Messrs. Evermann, Grinnell, Ray, 
Reynolds, Squires, Storer and Trenor. Two 
visitors were present. 
The minutes of the Northern Division 
March meeting were read and approved and 
the minutes of the Southern Division March 
meeting read. Mrs. Mary Van E. Ferguson 
and the twenty-two persons proposed at the 
Southern Division in February were elected 
to membership. The applications of Judge 
F. W. Henshaw, Supreme Court, San Fran- 
cisco, proposed by J. Grinnell, and four per- 
sons from the Southern Division were read. 
A communication from Professor J. N. 
Bowman, Secretary of the Pacific Associa- 
tion of Scientific Societies, was received 
stating that the constitution of the Pacific 
Division of the American Asociation for the 
Advancement of Science had received the 
necessary two-thirds vote from the constit- 
uent societies and that the work of the 
Pacific Association will be taken over by 
the Pacific Division at the close of the Aug- 
ust meeting. 
President Joseph Mailliard, as chairman 
of the arrangements committee for the A. 
O. U. meeting in San Francisco in May, out- 
lined the plan of entertainment which will 
be provided. The plans were discussed by 
a number of those present. Notes on rare 
or unusual occurrences were offered by 
several of those present. Joseph Grinnell 
presented some of the problems as to the 
inclusion and rejection and the status of a 
number of species of birds in his forthcom- 
ing State List. A lively discussion followed. 
Adjourned. — Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
April. — The regular meeting of the South- 
ern Division was held at the Museum of 
History, Science and Art Thursday evening, 
April 29. President Law was in the chair 
and the following members were in at- 
tendance: Mrs. Husher, and Messrs. Blain, 
Brown, Chambers, Colburn, Cookman, Dag- 
gett, Holland, King, Law, Little, Morcom, 
Miller, Nokes, Polkinghorn, Rich, Swarth 
and Wyman. Visitors present were Mrs. 
Law, Dr. and Mrs. S. A. Williams, and Mr. 
and Mrs. Emerson Atkins. 
The minutes of the March meeting were 
read and approved, followed by the reading 
of the minutes of the April meeting of the 
Intermountain Chapter. New members were 
elected as follows: Miss Ellen G. Scott, 
Tropico, California; Mrs. Katherine S. 
Wakeley, Los Angeles; J. Frank Wilson, 
Monrovia, California; Chas. O. Trowbridge, 
Framingham Center, Mass. New names 
proposed were: W. W. Richards, Oakland; 
Carroll DeW. Scott, Pacific Beach; E. B. 
Trescot, Merced; all presented by W. Lee 
Chambers; and George Tallman, Los Ange- 
les, proposed by G. Willett. 
The committee on arrangements for en- 
tertainment of the A. O. U. reported on the 
probable plans for the occasion. The 
greater part of the evening was devoted to 
an exhibition of lantern slides of the bird 
colonies of Laysan Island. These were from 
pictures taken by Mr. George Willett dur- 
ing his visit to the island in 1913. Ad- 
journed. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
May. — The regular meeting of the South- 
ern Division was held at the Museum of 
History, Science and Art, Thursday even- 
ing, May 27, 1915, with President Law in 
the chair and the following members pres- 
ent: Miss Germain, and Messrs. Brown, 
Chambers, Daggett, Holland, Jewett, Lit- 
tle, Miller, Rich, Swarth, Tallman, and 
Wyman. Mrs. Law was a visitor. 
The minutes of the April meeting were 
read and approved, followed by the April 
minutes of the Northern Division and the 
May minutes of the Inter-Mountain Chap- 
ter. Four new members were elected : 
George Tallman, Los Angeles; E. B. Tres- 
cot, Merced; Carroll DeW. Scott, Pacific 
Beach; W. W. Richards, Oakland. One new 
name was presented, Richard D. Lusk, 
Winkelman, Arizona, proposed by W. Lee 
Chambers. A motion was passed confirm- 
ing the elections at the April Northern Di- 
vision meeting. 
A communication was read from officials 
of the American Association for the Ad- 
vancement of Science, urging Cooper Club 
members to join the Association, which 
was strongly endorsed by such club mem- 
bers as happened already to belong. Mr. 
Wyman reported on bird banding, and Mr. 
Law gave many details of the American 
Ornithologists’ Union meeting at San Fran- 
cisco the previous week. Adjourned. — H. S. 
Swarth, Secretary. 
