May, 1905 | 
MINUTES OF CLUB MEETINGS 
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Minutes of Club Meetings 
northern division 
Thirteenth Annual Meeting and Din- 
ner.— The Club met on the evening of January 
14, at Jules’s Restaurant, 315 Pine St. , San Fran- 
cisco. One honorary member, twenty-six act- 
ive members, and nine visitors were present. 
The meeting was called to order by president 
Taylor, and the election of officers was at once 
taken up. The following were unanimously 
elected to serve as officers for 1905: president, 
Joseph Mailliard; senior vice-president, Miss 
Helen Swett; junior vice-president, Prof. J. O. 
Snyder; secretary, Clias. S. Thompson; treas- 
urer, Joseph Grinnell. An intermission was 
declared, and the banquet was attacked. 
Under the efficient supervision of Mr. Granger, 
the Club was served with an elaborate banquet. 
Covers were laid for thirty-six; favors were by 
Miss Chapman, and menus by Chas. S. Thomp- 
son. Speeches were made by retiring presi- 
dent Taylor, and president-elect Mailliard. 
After dinner business was taken up, and the 
following were elected to active membership: 
W. A. Bryan, Honolulu, H. 1.; E. A. Mearns, 
Washington, D. C.; E. S. Currier Tacoma, 
Wash.; C. P. Smith, Palo Alto, Cal.; P. J. Fair, 
Palo Alto, Cal.; H. H. Elbert, Stanford Uni- 
versity, Cal. 
The following were proposed for active mem- 
bership: Miss M. G. Donnelly, Piedmont, by 
Miss Chapman; Miss Ella Hall, 1044 Magnolia 
St., Oakland, by Miss Chapman; C. F. Palmer, 
H. B. Humphrey, Palo Alto, by W.K. Fisher; Dr. 
F.W.D’Evelvn, Phelan Bldg., San Francisco, by 
Miss Swett; ' Miss K. V. Harker, Santa Bar- 
bara, by Miss Head; Miss M. S. Applegarth, 
Haywards, by W. O. Emerson; Carroll .Scott, 
3848 Third St., San Diego, by W. K. Fisher. 
Mr. Emerson spoke on the new bird protec- 
tion bill, and Dr. D’Evelyn addressed the Club 
regarding the display of birds to be made at 
San Francisco by the Pacific Coast Forest, Fish 
and Game Association. 
President Mailliard appointed W . K. Fisher 
editor of The Condor for 1905, with R. Pi. 
Snodgrass and Joseph Grinnell as associate 
editors, and Joseph Grinnell as business manager. 
Adjourned to meet March 7, 1905. 
Charles S. Thompson, Secretary. 
March. — The March meeting was held at the 
residence of Miss Anna Head, Berkeley, Cal., 
March 17. President Mailliard was in the 
chair, eleven members and one visitor being 
present. Owing to the absence of the Secre- 
tary, the program was first taken up, and Dr. 
L. Stejneger’s paper, “The Future Aims of Or- 
nithology” was read. During the discussion 
the Secretary arrived, and the regular business 
was taken up. The following were elected to 
active membership: Miss M. G. Donnell}', Miss 
Ella Hall, C. F. Palmer, H. B. Humphrey, Dr. 
F. W. D’Evelyn, Miss K. V. Harker, Miss M. 
S. Applegarth. and Carroll Scott. The follow- 
ing were proposed for active membership: Wm. 
Dutcher, Alden Sampson, Benj. T. Gault, J. C. 
Tyler, and A. E. Price. The remainder of the 
program was. then taken up, and Mr. Mailliard 
gave a most interesting lecture on his collect- 
ing experiences with the birds of Chile. 
Adjourned to meet at San Francisco, April 
29, 1905. 
Charles S. Thompson, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
Annual Meeting. — The annual meeting 
of the Southern Division was held on 
the evening of January 12, at Throop 
Institute, Pasadena, and proved to be one of 
the most interesting and largely attended 
meetings held for some time. Eighteen mem- 
bers and two visitors were present, the presi- 
dent, Mr. Howard Robertson, occupying the 
chair. Mr. Walter P. Taylor, Pasadena, Cal., 
was elected to active memberseip, and the ap- 
plication of Mr. William Gallalier, Santa Bar- 
bara, Cal., proposed by Mr. W. Lee Chambers, 
was read. The election of officers resulted as 
follows: J. Eugene Law, president; Harry J. 
Lelande, vice-president; H. T. Clifton, Secre- 
tary; W. Lee Chambers, division treasurer. It 
was decided to omit the meetings of the divis- 
ion for the summer months of July, August and 
September, retaining, with that exception, the 
monthly meetings, the May and October meet- 
ings to take the form of outing meetings. The 
program was opened by Mr. Grinnell with a 
short talk on “The Bohemian Waxwing,” a 
skin taken by Mr. Philip Pinger, a club mem- 
ber, at Victorville, 011 the Mojave River, on De- 
cember 31, 1904, being exhibited, with one of 
the cedar waxwing by way of comparison. 
The remainder of the evening was occupied by 
Mr. William L. Finley, of the Northern Divis- 
ion, whom it was our great privilege to have 
with us, in a most interesting talk on, and ex- 
hibition of, his fine series of photographs of 
bird-life, taker in collaboration with Mr. Her- 
man T. Bohlman. The meeting then ad- 
journed to meet in Room 1, City Hall, Los 
Angeles, Feb. 23, 1905. 
H. T. Clifton, Secretary. 
February. — The February meeting was held 
February 23, 1905, in Room 1, City Hall, Los 
Angeles, fifteen members and five visitors being 
present. President Law presided. The follow- 
ing applications for membership were read: 
Henry W. Marsden, San Diego, Cal.; A. Wil- 
liamson, Pasadena; A. E. Colburn, Los Ange- 
les; F. C. Williard, Tombstone, Ariz., proposed 
by Frank Stephens, C. H. Richardson, Jr., and 
O. W. Howard, respectively. William Galle- 
her, Santa Barbara, was elected to membership. 
Mr. William L. Finley gave a most interest- 
ing talk upon two phases of his work in the 
photography of bird-life, “Equipment Used” 
and “Wing Movement as disclosed by the 
Camera.” Mr. Grinnell read interesting letters 
from Mr. R. C. McGregor, Philippine Islauds, 
and Mr. M. P. Anderson in northern Japan, 
descriptive of collecting conditions in those far 
eastern lands. 
H. T. Clifton, Secretary. 
