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EDITORIALS 
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phasize the great responsibility of the editor of 
such a publication as The Wilson Bulletin , the 
aim of which we should hope to be to present 
bona fide ornithology. An editor’s duty is to 
refuse publ cation of valueless articles, or 
worse, as well as to accept and publish in 
proper shape articles of more or less merit. We 
feel our own responsibility in these matters and 
try to act accordingly. — J. G. 
Minutes of Club Meetings 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
September. — The Club met, Sept. 29, 1906, 
at the residence of Miss Bertha L. Chapman, 
404 Walsworth Avt., Oakland, Cal., with 
eleven members and four visitors present; Vice- 
President Fi-her occupying the chair. 
The minutes of the previous meeting were 
read and approved. In respect to the resolu- 
tion passed by the Club at the last meeting 
concerning the donation of a set of the Club 
publications, with the exception of the first 
volume of The Condor, to the California 
Academy of Sciences, Mr. Cohen stated that 
he had a part of the first volume of The Con- 
dor which he would be glad to donate. Mr. 
Emerson also offered the first two numbers of 
The Condor. 
The order of procedure was reversed and the 
program taken up before the business. 
Mr. F. E. L. Beal gave a very interesting 
talk on the “Food of Birds.’’ He has been 
working for five years on California birds alone 
and brought out in his talk many interesting 
fa:ts concerning the economic relationships of 
our birds and also gave something of the 
methods and accomplishments of his work. 
The business of the Club was now taken up 
and the following propositions for membership 
were read: 
Henry F. Duprey, 919 Morgan St., Santa 
Rosa, Cal., by J. Grinnell; John E. Thayer, 
Lancaster, Mass., by J. Grinnell; F. W. Wey- 
mouth, 326 Lytton Ave., Palo Alto, Cal., by 
H. O. Jenkins; Chas. Reining, 601 Webster St., 
Palo Alto, Cal., by H. O. Jenkins. The fol- 
lowing was elected to active membership: 
Chas. W. Metz, 323 W. Loucks St., Sheridan, 
Wyoming. 
A motion made by Mr. Emerson to give Mr. 
Beal a vote of thanks for his instructive talk 
was seconded and carried. 
Dr. F. W. D’Evelynsaid a few words in ap- 
preciation of Mr. Beal’s work and gave some of 
his own observations concerning feeding habits 
of birds. 
The meeting then adjourned to the dining 
room where elaborate refreshments were served. 
H. O. Jenkins, Secretary. 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
Outing Meeting. — Newliall, Cal., May 
19-20, 1906. There were present members 
Morcom, Judson, Lelande, Robertson and Law. 
About the first thing noted on getting off the 
train was a colony of English sparrows which 
had its home about the station. Little was 
done on the 19th other than short excursions 
on foot into the hills back of Newhall. Mr. 
Judson found a nest of wren-tit with four eggs, 
and a nest of black-chinned sparrow just ready 
for eggs; and later in the day Mr. Law found a 
nest of almost grown young, which Mr. Mor- 
com thoroly identified as being of this species. 
The nest was discovered thru the anxiety of 
the parent when one neared the vicinity of the 
nest. 
Taking an early start on the morning of the 
20th, the entire party drove west to the high 
ridge, and leaving the rig, worked up into the 
mountains. Mr. Lelande found a grown 
family of spotted owls, securing one adult. He 
also found several nests of western flycatcher, 
from nest just completed to nests with young, 
all built in crevices against the sides of the 
bank along the stream. Other birds found 
breeding were: plain tit, Lawrence goldfinch, 
green-backed goldfinch, lazuli bunting, black- 
chinned hummer (several nests of each), bla.ck- 
headed grosbeak, Cabanis and Nuttall wood- 
peckers (young), house finch, black phcebe, 
junco (young); and in addition, the following 
were observed: creeper, slender-billed nut- 
hatch, white-bellied swallow (entering hole in 
bank), western bluebird, ash-throated fly- 
catcher, western chipping sparrow, western 
wood pewee, flicker, Gairdner woodpecker, 
cliff swallow, Audubon and b'ack-throated 
gray warblers, sharp-shinned and red-tailed 
hawks, white-tliroated swift, blue-fronted and 
California jays. 
J. Eugene Law, Secretary. 
Special Meeting. — Clerk’s Office, City 
Hall, Los Angeles; Aug. 2, 1906. In the ab- 
sence of the president, the meeting was called 
to order by Vice-President Judson, with mem- 
bers Morcom, Lelande, Robertson, Rising, Wil- 
lett, Richardson, Watson, Milton, Alphonse 
Jay, and Law present, and Mr. Henry Golisli 
visiting. 
On motion duly seconded and carried, the 
Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous 
ballot of the members present electing Mr. 
Charles E. Cosper to active membership. This 
formality' was complied with. 
On motion unanimously carried, the invita- 
tion of Mr. O. W. Howard to hold a Special 
Meeting of the Club at his home, Aug. 30, 
1906, was accepted. There being no further 
business and no program, the balance of the 
