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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XVIII 
September minutes of the Northern Divi- 
sion, and the September and October min- 
utes of the Inter-Mountain Chapter. New 
names were presented as follows: Eugene 
F. Clark, Los Angeles, by A. E. Colburn; 
Mrs. J. S. Locke, Whittier, and Kenneth 
Price, Whittier, by A. Cookman; H. E. Cox, 
Redondo, by W. Lee Chambers; Lilian Zech, 
Long Beach, and Myra Drachman, Long 
Beach, by C. B. Linton. 
The unexpected presence of Mr. E. W. 
Nelson gave the Club an opportunity of 
hearing in some detail of the present status 
and probable workings of the “Migratory 
Bird Law”. Mr. Nelson spoke at some 
length on this subject, to an intensely inter- 
ested audience and one greatly appreciative 
of the occasion. Many questions were asked, 
and much informal discussion followed. Ad- 
journed. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
November. — The regular meeting of the 
Southern Division was held at the Museum 
of History, Science and Art, Friday evening, 
November 26, with President Law in the 
chair, and thirty-three members and visit- 
ors in attendance. The minutes of the 
October meeting were read and approved. 
On motion the reading of the last minutes 
of the Northern Division, and of the Inter- 
Mountain Chapter, was dispensed with. 
New members were elected as follows: Eu- 
gene F. Clarke, H. E. Cox, Lilian Zech, 
Myra Drachman, Mrs. J. S. Locke, and 
Kenneth Price. The following new names 
were proposed: Henry E. Parmenter, Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts, by W. Lee Chambers; 
Dr. C. G. Wiggins, Colton, by J. Bagley; 
Byron Cummings, Tucson, Arizona, by Mrs. 
J. W. Wheeler; Professor Samuel Ritten- 
house, Los Angeles, by A. Cookman; Miss 
Faith Swift, Los Angeles, by Dr. L. H. Mil- 
ler; W. A. Brouse, Los Angeles, and A. B. 
Dickinson, Los Angeles, by H. S. Swarth; 
Adele Lewis Grant, Columbia, California, 
Mrs. Sophie E. Gay, Sacramento, and Leo 
Wiley, Palo Verde, by H. C. Bryant. 
Routine business disposed of, the remain- 
der of the evening was devoted to an exhi- 
bition of lantern slides by Mr. William R. 
Flint, of Pasadena. Much of the subject 
matter was of eastern species, but there 
were many pictures of local birds also, of 
special interest and excellence. The Club 
is indebted to Mr. Flint for a most enjoy- 
able evening. Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, 
Secretary. 
December. — The regular meeting of the 
Southern Division was held at the Museum 
of History, Science and Art, Thursday even- 
ing, December 30, with thirty members and 
visitors in attendance. In the absence of 
president and vice-president, Dr. L. H. Mil- 
ler acted as chairman. The November min- 
utes were read and approved, followed by 
the reading of the Northern Division min- 
utes for December. New members were 
elected as follows: Leo Wiley, Mrs. Sophie 
E. Gay, Adele Lewis Grant, A. B. Dickin- 
son, W. A. Brouse, Miss Faith Swift, Profes- 
sor Samuel Rittenhouse, Henry E. Parmen- 
ter, Dr. C. G. Wiggins, and Byron Cum- 
mings. The following new names were 
presented: S- Harrison Eaton, North Bend, 
Ohio, George L. Fordyce, Youngstown, Ohio, 
H. H. Cleaves, New Brighton, New York, 
and Norman de Witt Betts, Madison, Wis- 
consin, all proposed by W. Lee Chambers; 
and A. H. Vilas, Santa Barbara, and Thomas 
Stevenson Bradlee, Boston, Massachusetts, 
presented by W. Leon Dawson. 
The secretary read a letter, forwarded 
from the Northern Division, received from 
Mr. H. W. Henshaw in acknowledgment of 
his election to honorary membership in the 
club. It being in order to nominate officers 
for 1916, this business was then taken up. 
After some discussion the following nomi- 
nations were made: President, Dr. L. H. 
Miller, on motion by Mr. Law, transmitted 
through H. S. Swarth; Vice-President, J. 
Eugene Law, on motion of W. Lee Cham- 
bers; Secretary, L. E. Wyman, on motion 
by Dr. Miller. 
Business disposed of, the members settled 
down to enjoy a talk by Dr. Grinnell treat- 
ing of the birds of the Yosemite region. 
The slides exhibited were many of them 
of a novel type, prepared for a parcticular 
purpose which was explained in some de- 
tail. Besides having the pleasure of listen- 
ing to an entertaining general account of 
field work and observations in an especially 
attractive part of California, the members 
were privileged to hear announcement at 
this time of certain important discoveries 
and conclusions that will be published later 
on. Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
INTER-MOUNTAIN CHAPTER 
November. — The Inter-Mountain Chapter 
of the Cooper Ornithological Club, met at 
Salt Lake City, Utah, November 9, 1915, in 
the office of Dr. D. Moore Lindsay, Boston 
Building. Meeting called to order at 8:30 
p. m., President Lindsay in the chair, and 
the following members present: C. Barnes, 
J. Sugden, J. Mullen, Mrs. J. Mullen, F. 
Chambers, D. Moore Lindsay, A. O. Tregan- 
za, Mrs. A. O. Treganza. 
Minutes of the October meeting read and 
approved. 
The business of the meeting consisted in 
the election of officers for the ensuing year. 
Those elected were: Fred W. Chambers, 
President; J. A. Mullen, Vice-president; 
Mrs. A. O. Treganza, Secretary and Treas- 
urer; C. Barnes, A. O. Treganza, Editing 
Committee; D. Moore Lindsay, J. Sugden, 
Program Committee; J. H. Paul, Wm. 
Wrathall, Investigation and Publicity. 
A very interesting paper, “A Trip to Hat 
and Egg Islands of Great Salt Lake,” by Mr. 
R. H. Palmer of Pocatello, Idaho, was read 
before the Club by Mrs. A. O. Treganza. 
Mr. Fred Chambers gave a most interesting 
short talk on successful trout fishing. 
Meeting adjourned at 10:30 p. m. — Mrs. A. 
O. Treganza, Secretary. 
