July, 1916 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
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mg for papers for the San Diego meeting in 
August. 
The Club then listened to a most enter- 
taining account of Indian myths and legends 
regarding the birds by Professor T. T. Wat- 
erman, of the University of California. 
Many problems as to the creation and its 
details were settled, the raven playing a 
very important role in most of the stories. 
Mr. Hansen reported Western Robins 
nesting in Golden Gate Park. Dr. Ever- 
mann gave an account of a trip into the 
mountains back of Ventura and Santa Paula 
to locate possible nests of the California 
Condor. He reported that about half a doz- 
en Condors were seen in different localities, 
but no nests were found. Cactus Wrens and 
Yellow-billed Magpies, which were found 
commonly in certain districts near Santa 
Paula thirty years ago, were not seen on 
this trip. Adjourned. — Amelia S. Allen, 
Secretary. 
May. — -The regular monthly meeting of 
the Northern Division was held at the Ver- 
tebrate Museum, May 18, 1916, at eight 
o’clock, with the following members and vis- 
itors present: Misses Crane, Culver and 
Wythe; Mesdames Allen and Knappen; 
Messrs. Carriger, Cohen, Evermann, Han- 
sen, Squires, Storer, Swarth and Wright; 
visitors: Misses Moore and Wythe, Mrs. 
Swarth, Messrs. Benton, De Groot, La Jeu- 
nesse and Webb. 
The persons whose names were presented 
at the preceding meeting were elected to 
membership. The following were newly 
proposed for membership: Benj. F. Davis, 
2525 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. Mary 
van E. Ferguson; Mrs. Chas. A. Field, 
2547% Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. 
Chas. S. Newhall; Mr. H. V. La Jeunesse, 
1340 Broadway, Alameda, by Dr. H. C. Bry- 
ant; Mrs. M. E. Lombardi, 2331 Le Conte 
Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. Allen; Mrs. 
Calvert Meade, 202 E. Twelfth St., Oakland, 
by Mrs. D. W. de Veer; Mr. Chas. T. Vor- 
hies and Mr. T. K. Marshall, Tucson, Ariz., 
by Mrs. J. W. Wheeler; Miss Ella Jeremy 
and Mr. James Anthony Mullen, Salt Lake 
City, by Mrs. A. O. Treganza; Miss Cordelia 
Johnson Stanwood, Ellsworth, Me., and Mr. 
John D. Bliss, Santa Monica, Calif., by W. 
Lee Chambers. 
Mr. Storer then read a chapter from the 
manuscript of the “Game Birds of Califor- 
nia”, dealing with the Mourning Dove, in 
which was given a summary of all availa- 
ble data as to the life-history of that spe- 
cies as found in California. 
Mr. Squires reported Robins breeding at 
Sutro Heights in San Francisco, and Mr. 
Wright established the right of the Willow 
Goldfinch to be considered a permanent res- 
ident in Berkeley. Adjourned. — Amelia S. 
Allen, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
March.- — Meeting of Southern Division 
called to order on the evening of March 30 
by President Miller. Minutes of February 
meeting read and approved, followed by 
reading of the minutes of the other divi- 
sions. Present: Messrs. Miller, Willett, 
Lane, Chambers, Cox, Brown, Holland, Lit- 
tle, Law, Robertson, Daggett, Zahn, Wyman; 
Mesdames Robertson, Law and Harmon; 
Miss Little. Visitors were Messrs. Clark 
and Greenfield, and Miss Fanny Ford. 
On motion of Mr. Robertson, the Secre- 
tary was instructed to cast the affirmative 
ballot of the Club admitting to membership 
the following persons: Webster Robinson, 
Los Angeles; Norman A. Wood, Ann Arbor, 
Midi.; Curtis Wright, Jr., Berkeley; H. W. 
Daniels, Claremont; Edna A. Hannibal, San 
Jose; Harold E. Hansen, San Francisco; 
Donald D. McLean, Coulterville; Edmund 
C. Jaeger, Palm Springs; and Edward Howe 
Forbush, Boston, Mass. 
New names presented, to be voted on at 
the April meeting: Mrs. G. B. Hoag, Ana- 
heim, by H. C. Bryant; Miss Alice F. Crane, 
San Francisco, by S. B. Culver; Mrs. Chas. 
S. Newhall, Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. Allen; 
Miss Augusta H. Blanchard, by S. B. Cul- 
ver; Cora Smedburg, Felton, by Margaret 
W. Wythe; Dudley S. DeGroot, San Fran- 
cisco, by A. E. Price; Mattie Beth Morgan, 
Ft. Worth, Tex., by John B. Litsey, Jr.; 
Robert L. Paschal, Ft. Worth, Texas, by 
John B. Litsey, Jr.; Chas. N. Black, San 
Francisco, by W. Lee Chambers; Chas. W. 
Michael, San Francisco, Roland F. Hussey, 
Ann Arbor, Mich., Ralph E. Dodge, Santa 
Cruz, and Benj. F. Bolt, Kansas City, by 
W. Lee Chambers; Wm. C. Jacobsen, 
Berkeley, by J. Grinnell; Aldo Leopold, Al- 
buquerque, N. M., and Mrs. P. H. Winston, 
Chloride, N. M., by J. Stokeley Ligon. 
A communication from the Pac. Div. of 
the American Assn, for the Advancement of 
Science, urging Cooper Club members to 
join, was read. Pres. Miller stated that he 
had received a letter also from the same 
source, relative to a meeting to be held in 
August in San Diego, as to whether the 
Cooper Club wished to participate in the 
program, etc. Enthusiasm on the subject 
was lacking and the matter was laid on the 
table. 
