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lesser yellowlegs shall be between Decem- 
ber 1 and August 15 next following, except 
as follows: 
Exception: In Utah the closed season 
shall continue until the open season in 1918. 
Jacksnipe . — The closed season on jack- 
snipe or Wilson snipe shall be between De- 
cember 16 and September 15 next following. 
Woodcock . — The closed season on wood- 
cock shall be between December 1 and Sep- 
tember 30 next following, except as fol- 
lows : 
Exceptions: In Illinois and Missouri the 
closed season shall continue until the open 
season in 1918. 
Regulation 8. Closed Seasons in Zone No. 2. 
Waterfoivl . — The closed season on water- 
fowl, including coots and gallinules, shall be 
between February 1 and October 14 next 
following, except as follows: 
Exceptions: In Alabama, Arkansas, Dis- 
trict of Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Geor- 
gia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, 
North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, 
and Virginia, the closed season shall be be- 
tween February 1 and October 31 next fol- 
lowing. 
Rails . — The closed season on sora and 
other rails, excluding coots and gallinules, 
shall be between December 1 and August 
31 next following, except as follows: 
Exceptions: In Louisiana the closed sea- 
son shall be between February 1 and Octo- 
ber 31; and 
In California the closed season shall con- 
tinue until the open season in 1918. 
Shorebirds . — The closed season on black- 
breasted and golden plover and greater and 
lesser yellowlegs shall be between Decem- 
ber 1 and August 15, next following. 
Jacksnipe . — The closed season on jack- 
snipe or Wilson snipe shall be between 
February 1 and October 31 next following. 
Woodcock . — The closed season on wood- 
cock shall be between January 1 and Octo- 
ber 31 next following. 
Regulation 9. Hearings. 
Persons recommending changes in the 
regulations or desiring to submit evidence 
in person or by attorneys as to the necessity 
for such changes should make application 
to the Secretary of Agriculture. Hearings 
will be arranged and due notice thereof giv- 
en by publication or otherwise as may be 
deemed appropriate. Persons recommend- 
ing changes should be prepared to show the 
necessity for such action and to submit evi- 
dence other than that based on reasons of 
personal convenience or a desire to kill 
game during a longer open season. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
April. — The regular meeting of the North- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 
Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate 
Zoology, April 20, 1916, at eight o’clock, 
with the following persons present: Misses 
Davidson, Miller, Swezy; Mesdames Allen, 
Bryant, Ferguson, Grinnell and Knappen; 
Messrs. Anderson, Bryant, Cohen, Davis, 
Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Hart, Jacob- 
sen, Joseph Mailliard, Stone, Storer, Swarth 
and Trenor. Visitors: Mesdames Stone and 
Swarth, Miss Ferguson and Dr. Waterman. 
After the reading of the minutes of the 
two Divisions and of the Intermountain 
Chapter, the following were elected to mem- 
bership: Pirie Davidson, San Rafael; Dr. 
Frank B. Davis, Oakland; E. N. Hart, Ala- 
meda; S. Griswold Morley, Berkeley; Web- 
ster Robinson, Los Angeles; Norman H. 
Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Donald D. Mc- 
Lean, Coulterville; Ed. C. Jaeger, Palm 
Springs; and Edw. Howe Forbush, Boston. 
The following names were proposed for 
membership: Margaret S. Boardman, 3022 
Clay St., S. F., by Harold E. Hansen; Joseph 
J. Webb, 519 California St., S. F„ by Miss 
Amy E. Gunn; De Looch Martin, 1223 S. 
Washington Ave., Marshall, Tex., by Mr. 
Carriger; Thomas H. Benton, 2821 Van Bu- 
ren St., Alameda, and Dr. Morton R. Gib- 
bons, 3979 Washington St., San Francisco, 
by D. A. Cohen; Mrs. G. Hoag, Anaheim, 
by H. C. Bryant; Cora Smedburg, Felton, 
by Margaret Wythe; Dudley S. De Groot, 
San Francisco, by A. E. Price; Mattie Beth 
Morgan, Fort Worth, Tex., by J. B. Litsey, 
Jr.; Charles N. Black, San Francisco, Ro- 
land F. Hussey, Ann Arbor, Mich., Ralph E. 
Dodge, Santa Cruz, and Benj. F. Bolt, Kan- 
sas City, by W. Lee Chambers; Aldo Leo- 
pold, Albuquerque, N. M., and Mrs. P. H. 
Winston, Chloride, N. M., by J. Stokeley 
Ligon. 
Mr. Grinnell then offered a resolution 
relative to the death of Professor Wells W. 
Cooke (see Condor, May, 1916, page 131). 
This was unanimously adopted and ordered 
spread on the minutes. Dr. Evermann gave 
some interesting personal reminiscences of 
Professor Cooke, telling of his methods of 
work and of his kindly hospitality. 
Letters from the Pacific Division of the 
American Association for the Advancement 
of Science were reported by Mr. Storer, urg- 
ing individual membership in that Associa- 
tion, with initiation fees remitted, and ask- 
