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largely insects, and for the most part is of 
species which are now thought to he either 
noxious or else harmless so far as man’s 
interests are concerned. 
A highly commendable feature of these 
two publications of the Survey is the inclu- 
sion of generic and specific determination 
of the insects wherever possible. Later, as 
the life histories and economic status of 
our insects become better known, it will be 
possible, from these present studies on bird 
food, to restate the economic value of our 
birds in terms of the insects upon which 
they feed. 
In “Game laws for 1915’” Messrs. Palmer, 
Bancroft and Earnshaw present the Survey’s 
sixteenth annual summary of game laws in 
the United States and Canada. New meas- 
ures enacted during the year are listed and 
the more important ones briefly discussed. 
The federal regulations for the protection 
of migratory birds are given in full and 
there are tables, giving for each of the 
states in the Union and for the provinces of 
Canada, the open seasons, bag limits, mini- 
mum age limits for hunting, license require- 
ments, and a directory of officials from 
whom state game laws may be obtained. 
The bulletin is useful in affording up-to-date 
information for the use of conservationists, 
and also for showing one stage in the ever 
changing balance between the hunting in- 
terests and the protectionists. 
In one of the last papers he wrote, that on 
“Bird Migration” * * * * 8 , Professor Cooke brought 
together generalizations arrived at by his 
study of the migration of American birds for 
more than thirty years. Here are treated 
such matters as causes of migration, rela- 
tion of migration to weather and tempera- 
ture, time, distance, and rates of migration, 
different kinds of migration routes, rela- 
tion of migration to other activities in the 
life of birds, casualties during migration, 
and evolution of migration routes. Each 
topic is discussed upon the basis of evidence 
drawn from the vast array of such material 
accumulated during the lifetime of the au- 
thor. Numerous text figures (maps) are 
illustrative of the various phenomena dis- 
cussed. Altogether this paper appeals to 
the reviewer as about the best thing of its 
kind which has appeared anywhere. We can 
only regret that it is not ten times as large, 
that we might have learned more of this 
’Game Laws for 1915. By T. S. Palmer, W. 
F. Bancroft and F. L. Earnshaw. U. S. Dept. 
Agric., Farmers’ Bull. 692, pp. 1-64, 4 figs, 
in text. Issued Sept. 14, 1915. 
8 Bird Migration. By Wells W. Cooke. U. 
S. Dept. Agric., Bull. 185, pp. 1-47, pis. I-IV, 
20 figs, in text. Issued April 17, 1915, 
fascinating subject from one who was qual- 
ified to speak with such authority upon it— - 
Tracy I. Storer. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
March. — The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held at the Academy 
of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Fran- 
cisco, March 16, 1916, with an attendance 
of thirty-three. The minutes of the Febru- 
ary meeting were read and approved, and 
the minutes of the Southern Division and 
of the Inter-Mountain Chapter for February 
were also read. 
Mrs. Nellie Knappen was elected to mem- 
bership in the Club, and the following 
names were proposed: Pirie Davidson, San 
Rafael, Calif., proposed by Mr. Tracy I. 
Storer; Dr. Frank B. Davis, 401 Vernon St., 
Oakland, by Mrs. Edward A. Kluegel; E. N. 
Hart, 940 Pacific Ave., Alameda, by Harold 
E. Hansen; S. Griswold Morley, 2535 Etna 
St., Berkeley, by Dr. J. Grinnell; Webster 
Robinson, Los Angeles, by Mr. Swarth; 
Norman H. Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich., and 
Donald D. McLean, Coulterville, Calif., by 
W. Lee Chambers; Edmund C. Jaeger, Palm 
Springs, Calif., by C. O. Esterly; and Ed- 
ward Howe Forbush, Boston, Mass., by W. 
Leon Dawson. 
Mr. Storer presented to the Club the con- 
tents of a letter from Mr. Albert Barrows, 
Secretary of the Pacific Division of the 
American Association for the Advancement 
of Science, asking the Cooper Club to pre- 
sent a program at a meeting of the Associa- 
tion to be held in San Diego, August 9 to 12. 
Mr. Harold Bryant was appo'nted by the 
President to prepare a program for this oc- 
casion. 
Dr. Barton W. Evermann then gave a most 
interesting report of an intensive study of 
the physical and the biological conditions of 
Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, showing the 
conditions and inter-relations of the d ffer- 
ent kinds of life found to exist in and about 
the lake. Adjourned. — Amelia S. Allen, 
Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
February. — Regular meeting of the South- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 
Club was held at the Museum of History, 
Science and Art, Thursday evening, Febru- 
ary 24, 1916, with thirty-three members and 
visitors in attendance. 
In the absence of Mr. Swarth, President 
Law appointed L. E. Wyman secretary 
