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The Business Managers’ report for 1915 
was then presented by Mr. Law, who in a 
brief summary showed a very gratifying 
condition of the Club’s finances. The Club 
is deeply indebted to Messrs. Chambers and 
Law for their painstaking labors, and is to 
be congratulated in having these gentlemen 
for its business managers. 
Then followed a most interesting and in- 
structive address by Dr. Miller on “Fossil 
Birds of the West Coast”, after which Mr. 
Willett spoke briefly regarding birds at 
Roosevelt Lake, Arizona. Adjourned. — L. 
E. Wyman, Secretary. 
April. — -The regular monthly meeting of 
the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologi- 
cal Club, was held at the Museum of His- 
tory, Science and Art, the evening of April 
27, 1916. President Miller was in the chair 
and the following members present: 
Messrs. Daggett, Owen, E. J. Brown, W. W. 
Brown, Holland, Colburn, Chambers, Robin- 
son, Law, and Wyman; Misses Atsatt and 
Swift. Visitors were Miss Leighton, Mr. 
and Mrs. Atkins, and Mr. E. E. Harriman. 
Minutes of the March meeting were read 
and approved, followed by reading of the 
March minutes of the other divisions. On 
motion of Mr. Law, seconded by Mr. Cham- 
bers, the persons whose names were read at 
the preceding meeting were elected to mem- 
bership. New names presented were: Chas. 
T. Vorhies, Tucson, Ariz., and T. K. Mar- 
shall, Tucson, Ariz., by Mrs. J. W. Wheeler; 
Miss Ella Jeremy, and James Anthony Mul- 
len, of Salt Lake City, Utah, by Mrs. A. O. 
Treganza; Miss Cordelia Johnson Stan- 
wood, Elsworth, Maine, and John D. Bliss, 
Santa Monica, Calif., by W. Lee Chambers. 
Pres. Miller announced that an ordinance, 
sponsored by the Audubon Society, was 
about to be presented to the City Council, 
providing for the licensing and belling of 
cats. He stated that the executive commit- 
tee of the Cooper Club had endorsed the 
movement and asked for approval of the 
members present, which approval was un- 
animously given. 
On motion of Mr. Law the following res- 
olution was adopted: Resolved, that in the 
death of Professor Wells W. Cooke, whose 
long years of patient labor have added so 
greatly to our knowledge of birds and their 
habits, ornithology has suffered a most se- 
vere loss; and that the Cooper Club does 
hereby deplore his untimely death as a loss 
not only to the Club collectively, but to each 
individual member. 
Recent field work at Palm Springs, Calif., 
by Messrs. Law and Miller, the Misses 
Swift and Atsatt, formed an interesting 
topic of informal discussion. Adjourned. — 
L. E. Wyman, Secretary. 
May. — The regular meeting of the South- 
ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological 
Club was held at the Museum of History, 
Science and Art, May 25, 1916. President 
Miller was in the chair, and the following 
members present: Messrs. Daggett, Howell, 
Holland, Colburn, Brown, Little, Robertson, 
Law and Wyman, and Mrs. Law. Visitors 
were C. W. Chamberlain, of Boston, and 
Miss Marsh. 
Minutes of the April meeting were read 
and approved, followed by reading of the 
minutes of the Northern Division. On mo- 
tion of Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. 
Daggett, the Secretary was instructed to 
cast the electing ballot of the Club for the 
persons whose names were proposed at the 
April meeting. 
There being no other business to come 
before the Club, the members listened to 
an interesting talk on ornithological condi- 
tions in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, by 
Mr. A. B. Howell, who returned some weeks 
ago from four months of field work in that 
locality. Messrs. Brown and Colburn spoke 
on recent field work at San Jacinto Lake, 
in Riverside County, where some interesting 
notes were made. Adjourned. — L. E. Wy- 
man, Secretary. 
inter-mountain chapter 
April. — The Inter-Mountain Chapter of 
the Cooper Ornithological Club met on the 
evening of April 12, 1916, at the office of 
Mr. D. Moore Lindsay, Boston Building, Salt 
Lake City, Utah. In the absence of both 
President and Vice-president, Mr. A. O. Tre- 
ganza opened the meeting at 8:30 p. m. 
Members in attendance were: A. D. Boyle, 
J. Sugden, Jr. and Sr., Prof. J. H. Paul, Mr. 
and Mrs. A. O. Treganza, Mrs. J. A. Mullen, 
Miss Ella Jeremy and three visitors. Min- 
utes of the March meeting read and ap- 
proved. 
Mrs. A. O. Treganza gave her observa- 
tions and field data on the nesting ways 
and habits of the American Avocet. An 
open discussion followed in which many 
ideas were projected for the growth and 
development of the Chapter. Different 
phases of Ornithology — Scientific, Economic 
and Popular Ornithology — were also dis- 
cussed. Meeting adjourned at 10:15 p. m. — 
Mrs. A. O. Treganza, Secretary. 
