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description previous publicity through some 
other channel, while there are no apparent 
advantages in the course adopted. 
The reviewer is in a position where he 
is the constant recipient of requests from 
beginning bird students for the recommen- 
dation of some book or books treating of 
California birds, and it is a great satisfac- 
tion to be able conscientiously to urge the 
acquisition of a work such as the one here 
noticed. The judicious use of Grinnell’s 
“Distributional List of California Birds”, in 
conjunction with the same author’s “Bibli- 
ography of California Ornithology” (Paci- 
fic Coast Avifauna No. 5) cannot fail to 
give a fund of accurate information along 
the line desired, as well as to point the 
way to sources of knowledge on related 
subjects not covered in these books. To 
the advanced specialist in ornithology, of 
course, this “List” will be an absolute 
necessity. 
It goes without saying that the Cooper 
Club is congratulating itself upon the ap- 
pearance of this, its latest and largest pub- 
lication. Many and devious are the shifts 
to which the business office of the club 
has been put in the successful production 
of club members’ contributions to knowl- 
edge, but the firm belief that the demand 
for worthy publications would eventually 
pay the cost of production is finding justi- 
fication in the steadily increasing call upon 
the stock in hand. The demand for the 
“Distributional List of California Birds” 
should go far toward placing the Pacific 
Coast Avifauna branch of the Club’s pub- 
lishing business upon as firm a financial 
basis as is The Condor. — H. S. Swarth. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
May. — A meeting of the Northern Divi- 
sion of the Cooper Ornithological Club was 
held at the Y. W. C. A. Auditorium, Panama- 
Pacific International Exposition grounds, 
San Francisco, California, May 19, 1915, at 
4:30 p. m., at the close of the second after- 
noon session of the American Ornitholo- 
gists’ Union. President Joseph Mailliard 
was in the chair, with the following mem- 
bers present: Mesdames Allen and Bryant, 
Messrs. Bade, Bryant, Dwight, Evermann, 
W. K. Fisher, Grinnell, Horsfall, Law, 
Loomis, E. C. Mailliard, Nichols, Ohl, Pal- 
mer, Sage, Shelton, Storer, W. P. Taylor, 
Tyler, Wells, and Wilson. 
The minutes of the April Northern Divi- 
sion were read and approved and the min- 
utes of the Southern Division March meet- 
ing read. The following were elected to 
membership: F. W. Henshaw, and the four 
persons proposed at the Southern Division 
March meeting. The following applications 
for membership were read; C. M. Goethe, 
2617 K Street, Sacramento, proposed by H. 
C. Bryant; Mrs. Carlotta C. Hall, 1615 La 
Loma Avenue, Berkeley, proposed by J. 
Grinnell; Miss Georgia V. Miller, 419 Golden 
Gate Avenue, San Francisco, proposed by 
H. L. Coggins; and Ashby D. Boyle, 351 5th 
Avenue, Salt Lake City, Utah, proposed by 
R. H. Palmer; and from the Southern Divi- 
sion four persons proposed at their April 
meeting. 
The Secretary stated that a communica- 
tion had been received from the Pacific 
Division of the American Association for 
the Advancement of Science, inviting 
Cooper Club members to become members 
of the American Association. Adjourned. — 
Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
September. — The regular monthly meet- 
ing of the Northern Division of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club was held in Room 102, 
California Hall, University of California, 
Berkeley, September 16, 1915, at 8 p. m. 
President Joseph Mailliard was in the chair 
with the following members present: 
Mesdames Bryant and Allen, and Messrs. 
Bryant, Carriger, Ohl, Storer, Trenor and 
Willett. 
The minutes of the Northern Division 
May meeting were read and approved. 
Upon motion, duly carried, reading of the 
minutes of the Southern Division for the 
last four months was dispensed with. The 
following were elected to membership: C. M. 
Goethe, Mrs. Carlotta C. Hall, Miss Georgie 
Y. Miller, and Ashby D. Boyle. Due to the 
time which has elapsed since the last meet- 
ing all persons proposed for membership at 
the Southern Division during the summer 
months were elected to membership. Ap- 
plications for membership were received as 
follows: Miss Cornelia C. Pringle, Cupertino, 
proposed by Miss Hazel King; Miss Lydia 
Atterbury, 2620 LeConte Ave., Berkeley, 
and C. A. Purington, 2223% Chapel St., 
Berkeley, both proposed by Tracy I. Storer. 
A communication signed by J. Grinnell, 
W. Lee Chambers, Frank S. Daggett, and 
Harry S. Swarth, proposing for honorary 
membership in the Club, Mr. Henry W. Hen- 
shaw, Chief of the Bureau of Biological 
Survey, was read. It was decided to notify 
