May, 1916 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
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pro tern. On motion of Mr. Robertson the 
members voted to hold election of officers 
before considering other business matters. 
Mr. Daggett moved that the acting Secre- 
tary be instructed to cast the affirmative 
vote of the club for officers for the ensuing- 
year as follows; President, Dr. L. H. Miller; 
Vice-President, J. Eugene Law; Secretary, 
L. E. Wyman. Motion carried- Nominees 
declared elected and immediately assumed 
office. 
Minutes of the December meeting were 
read and approved, followed by reading of 
the minutes of the January meeting of the 
Northern Division, and of minutes of both 
December and January meetings of the 
Inter-Mountain Chapter. 
New members were elected as follows: S. 
Harrison Eaton, North Bend, Ohio; Geo. L. 
Fordyce, Youngstown, Ohio; H. H. Cleaves, 
New Brighton, N. Y.; Norman DeWitt 
Betts, Madison, Wis. ; A. H. Vilas, Santa 
Barbara, Calif.; and Thomas Stevenson 
Bradlee, Boston, Mass. New names pre- 
sented, to be voted on at the March meet- 
ing: Webster Robinson, Los Angeles, by 
Mr. Swarth; Norman H. Wood, Ann Arbor, 
Mich., and Donald D. McLean, Coulterville, 
Calif., by W. Lee Chambers; Curtis Wright, 
Jr., Berkeley, Calif., and H. W. Daniels, 
Claremont, Calif., by H. C. Bryant; Edna 
A. Hannibal, San Jose, Calif., by J. O. Sny- 
der; Harold E. Hansen, San Francisco, 
Calif., by Tracy I. Storer; Edmund C. Jae- 
ger, Palm Springs, Calif., by C. O- Esterly; 
and Edward Howe Forbush, Boston, Mass., 
by W. Leon Dawson. 
The Business Managers’ report for 1915 
was submitted, but owing to the lateness 
of the hour it was held over for reading and 
consideration at the next meeting. 
Pres. Miller reported receipt of a letter 
relative to the resignation of Dr. W. P. Tay- 
lor as Cooper Club representative on the 
Executive Committee of the California As- 
socated Societies for the Conservation of 
Wild Life. On motion of Mr. Law, second- 
ed by Mr. Robertson, it was voted that Mr. 
Tracy I. Storer be appointed to fill' the 
vacancy. Motion carried. 
There being no further business the 
members and visitors listened to an inter- 
esting and instructive talk by Mr. W. Leon 
Dawson on the “Testimony of the Egg and 
the Task of Comparative Oology.” Mr. 
Dawson presented in a clear and forceful 
manner numerous scientific angles of 
Oology which are unknown to the average 
collector and unfamiliar to many of those 
more advanced in this science. Adjourned. 
— L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 
INTER-MOUNTAIN CHAPTER 
The Inter-Mountain Chapter of the Cooper 
Ornithological Club, met at Salt Lake City, 
Utah, March 8, 1916, in the office of Dr. D. 
Moore Lindsay, Boston Building. Meeting 
opened at 8:30 p. m., President Chambers in 
the chair. Members in attendance were: A. 
D. Boyle, Prof. J. H. Paul, J. Sugden, Jr., 
Mr. and Mrs. J. A. Mullen, Mr. and Mrs. 
A. O. Treganza, and four visitors. Min- 
utes of the February meeting read and ap- 
proved. 
A letter was read by the Secretary rela- 
tive to development of National Pai;ks, 
specifically Yosemite. Motion was made by 
Dr. Lindsay, seconded by Prof. Paul, that 
the Secretary be authorized to write Sen- 
ators Sutherland and Smoot and Congress- 
men Mays and Howell recommending this 
motion. President Chambers gave a brief 
summary of the mortality of bird life in 
different counties of the State owing to the 
severe winter, and the method of feeding 
the wild birds. Recommendation was made 
to formally ratify and endorse the Game 
Commissioner’s work in restricting the cat 
and establishing bird sanctuaries. Recom- 
mendation was made that an educational 
leaflet be prepared for publication by the 
State Department of Agriculture, spec ; al 
reference to be made to bird protection and 
season and flight of migratory birds. 
Motion was made, seconded by Dr. Lind- 
say, that the President be author'zed to ask 
assistance from Boy Scouts relative to pro- 
tection and violation of game laws. A. D. 
Boyle was appointed to lay the matter be- 
fore the Scout Masters. Suggestion was 
made that the Secretary write Dr. Plummer 
relative to cats as bird destroyers; also 
notify C. Barnes to assist on publicity work. 
Motion was made that a special meeting 
be held for March 15th. Meeting adjourned 
10:00 r. m. — Mas. A. O. Treganza, Secretary. 
An informal meeting was held March 15 
with President Chambers in the chair. 
Eleven members and ten visitors were in 
attendance. The subject under discussion 
was Bird Migration. Mrs. Treganza read 
from Wells W. Cooke’s “Bird Migration”. 
President Chambers spoke of the Salt Lake 
Valley as lying within an important migra- 
tion route, recounting many species noted. 
Three specimens of Avocet were brought in. 
An informal discussion followed. Meeting 
adjourned at 10:00 p. m. — Mrs. A. O. Tre- 
ganza, Secretary. 
