Jan., 1916 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
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the chair and appointed Mr. H. W. Carriger, 
Secretary pro tem. The following members 
were in attendance: Mesdames Allen, Bry- 
ant, Purington, and Schlisinger, Miss Cul- 
ver, and Messrs. Bolander, Bryant, Carpen- 
ter, Carriger, Kendall, and Noack. Among 
the visitors were Mr. and Mrs- H. L. Bryant, 
Mrs. Noack, Miss Handyside, Mrs. Klugel, 
and Messrs. Harris, Heger, Purington, 
Wiley, and Wright. 
The minutes of the Northern Division Sep- 
tember meeting were read and approved, 
and the minutes of the Southern Division 
and of the Inter-Mountain Chapter were also 
read. The following were elected to mem- 
bership: C. A. Purington, 2223% Chapel 
St., Berkeley, Lydia Atterbury, 2620 LeConte 
Ave., Berkeley, and Cornelia C. Pringle, 
Cupertino. Applications for membership 
were received from H. T. Liliencrantz, Hol- 
lister, proposed by Margaret W. Wythe; 
Mrs. Edw. A. Klugel, 2623 LeConte Ave., 
Berkeley, and Miss Francis MacCullock, 2213 
Union St., Berkeley, both proposed by Geo. 
E. Stone; and Leo Wiley, Palo Verde, pro- 
posed by J. Grinnell. 
The Chairman called attention to the new 
Avifauna, “A distributional list of the birds 
of California”, by Dr. Grinnell. This was 
pointed out as the best reference work on 
California birds now obtainable, and as per- 
haps the most accurate state list ever is- 
sued. Attention was also called to the zoo- 
logical survey of the Yosemite region now 
being made by the Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology. 
In introducing the speaker of the evening, 
Mr. H. R. Noack, Dr. Bryant pointed out 
that although the breeding of wild birds 
in captivity is being widely carried on in 
Great Britain and that numerous periodi- 
cals dealing with the results obtained are 
published there, little is done in the United 
States along these lines. Much can be 
learned as to the habits of birds by keeping 
them in captivity- The aviary should be 
encouraged rather than discouraged. 
Mr. Noack, who has for a number of years 
been maintaining an aviary of foreign birds, 
then gave a talk on “Breeding habits of for- 
eign doves and finches in captivity”. Par- 
ticular attention was called to the success- 
ful breeding of Nicobar pigeons in his avi- 
ary. About fifteen different kinds of doves 
and pigeons have been successfully bred by 
him, and also a large number of interesting 
foreign finches. Mr. Noack illustrated his 
talk by sets of eggs of the orange bishop 
weaver and blood-billed weaver, and also 
by a nest of the former. A general discus- 
sion followed. Adjourned. — H. W. Carriger, 
Secretary pro tem. 
November. — The regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, November 
18, 1915, at 8 p. m. President Joseph Mail- 
liard was in the chair with the following 
members present: Mesdames Allen and 
Purington, Miss Culver, and Messrs. Bolan- 
der, Bryant, Carriger, Evermann, Hubbs, 
Lastreto, Littlejohn, Noack, Reynolds, 
Squires and Taylor. Among the visitors 
present were Mesdames Grant and Taylor 
and Miss Newlon. In the absence of the 
Secretary, H. C. Bryant was appointed sec- 
retary pro tem. 
After the reading of the minutes of the 
Northern Division October meeting the fol- 
lowing business was transacted: Mr. Henry 
W. Henshaw, Chief of the United States 
Bureau of Biological Survey, was unani- 
mously elected to honorary membership in 
the Club. Mrs. E. A. Klugel, Francis MacCul- 
lock, H. T. Liliencrantz, and Leo Wiley 
were elected to active membership. The 
following applications for membership were 
presented: H. W. Daniels, Claremont, Mrs- 
Sophie E. Gay, Sacramento, and Mrs. Adele 
Lewis Grant, Columbia, all from California, 
proposed by H. C. Bryant. The President 
then called attention to the recently pub- 
lished Avifauna No. 11, Dr. Grinnell’s “Dis- 
tributional List of California Birds” and ex- 
plained why this and other avifaunas can- 
not be distributed free to members. 
The speaker of the evening, Mr. Chase 
Littlejohn of Redwood City, was introduced 
as one of the oldest collectors in the State, 
having been active along this line for forty- 
six years. Mr. Littlejohn’s subject was: 
“Some unusual records for San Mateo 
County, California”. Among the unusual 
takes mentioned were the following: Ashy 
Petrel, Least Bittern, Snowy Egret, Barrow 
Golden-eye (termed by him the rarest duck 
in California), American Scoter, Pectoral 
Sandpiper, Saw-whet Owl, Boreal Flicker, 
White-throated Sparrow and Forbush Spar- 
row. Species which have totally disap- 
peared from the county are: California 
Brown Pelican, European Widgeon, White- 
fronted, Hutchins and Cackling Geese, Lit- 
tle Brown and Sandhill Cranes, Painted 
Quail (not uncommon in 1865), California 
Condor, Yellow-billed Magpie, and Western 
Raven. Other species once fairly common 
but now practically extinct are: Wood 
Duck, Whistling Swan, Avocet, Long-billed 
Curlew, Ferruginous Rough-leg, and South- 
ern Bald Eagle. An interesting discussion 
followed. Adjourned. — H. C. Bryant, Sec- 
retary pro tem. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
October. — The regular meeting was held 
at the Museum of History, Science and Art, 
Los Angeles, Thursday evening, October 28. 
President Law was in the chair and the 
following members in attendance: Mrs. 
Law, and Messrs. Brown, Benton, Chambers, 
Colburn, Cookman, Howell, Holland, Layne, 
Miller, Nelson, Pierce, Rich, Robertson, 
Swarth, White and Wyman. Visitors pres- 
ent were Mr. and Mrs. L. M. Hickok, Mrs. 
Browse, and Mr. W. A. Browse. 
The minutes of the September meeting 
were read and approved, followed by the 
