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The following officers were duly elected to 
serve during 1910; President, G. h'rean Mor- 
cotn, Vice-president, H. J. Lelande, Secretary, 
J. E. Law, Treasurer, W. Lee Chambers. 
A communication from Joseph Grinnell re- 
lating to the revision of the “List of Birds of 
the Pacific Slope of Los Angeles County, Cali- 
fornia’’, wherein a proposed plan for such re- 
vision was suggested, was read and discust. 
Upon motion of Mr. Robertson, seconded by 
Mr. O. W. Howard and duly carried, the Presi- 
dent appointed a committee of three consisting 
of Messrs. Robertson, Willett and Miller to 
devise a plan for the revision of the aforesaid 
list and submit the same for consideration at 
the February meeting. 
Mr. A. M. Ingersoll spoke of the collecting 
of various species of the rarer birds of San 
Diego County, notably the Black Rail, and 
after informal discussion the meeting ad- 
journed. 
Howard Robkrtson, Secretary pro tern. 
P'kbruary. — The February meeting of the 
Southern Division of the Cooper Club was held 
on Thursday evening, February 24, 1910, at 
Room 1, City Hall, Los Angeles. The meeting 
was called to order by President Morcom, with 
the following members present; — Messrs. 
Childs, Lelande, Willett, Robertson, Miller, 
Owen, Davis, Antonin Jay, Alphonse Jay, 
Chamberlain, Perez, Shepherdson, Van Ros- 
sem, Blain, Peyton, Osburn, Law, and with 
Howard Peyton, as visitor. 
The minutes of the January meeting were 
read and approved. On motion by Mr. Willett, 
seconded by Mr. Miller, and duly carried, the 
Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous 
ballot of those present, electing to active mem- 
bership Mr. Gaylord K. Snyder. On motion 
by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Willett, 
and duly carried, the resignations of Messrs. 
Lester Black and C. H. Gilbert, were accepted 
with regret. The following applications for 
membership were presented by W. Lee Cham- 
bers: Bradford Torrey, Santa Barbara, Cali- 
fornia, H. C. Burt, Santa Paula, California, 
John C. Fortiner, Jr., Brawley, California. On 
motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. 
Chamberlain, and duly carried, the Southern 
Division approved the election of Dr. J. A. 
Allen to honorary membership in the Club. 
Mr. Robertson, Chairman of the Committee 
appointed at the last meeting to consider the 
matter of publishing a new bird list for 
Southern California, reported that the Commit- 
tee recommended a new list to comprise all that 
portion of Santa Barbara, Ventura, Los Angeles, 
Orange, San Diego, .San Bernardino, and River- 
side counties which are on the Pacific Slope 
of the coast ranges; and to include the islands 
along the coast of these counties; that the list 
be segregated, one covering lowland birds, con- 
cerning which we have liberal data, and a 
supplementary list comprising the high moun- 
tain birds; the list not to be annotated as com- 
pletely as Grinnell ’s San Bernardino list; and 
that the compilation be put in the hands of 
one person. The list, when completed, to be 
submitted to the Southern Division for discus- 
sion; and, when approved, to be issued as one 
of the Avifauna series of the Cooper Club. On 
motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. 
Miller, and duly carried, it was decided to 
compile such a list in accordance with the 
above suggestions. On motion by Mr. Miller, 
seconded by Mr. Alphonse Jay, and duly 
carried, the task of compiling such list was 
assigned to Mr. George Willett. Mr. Willett, 
in accepting this undertaking, said that he 
would expect to call on any and all Club mem- 
bers for all the data of value that they had, and 
intended to spend some time with each one 
going over his collection for data of value. 
Mr. Willett expects that at least a year will be 
required in getting together sufficient data, and 
reviewing literature, and asks that each Club 
member begin right now and collect specific 
data with regard to migration and nesting 
habits for the coming season. We are particu- 
larly lacking in dates of migration and 
breeding. 
Mr. Robertson, reporting with regard to the 
progress of the Southern California Museum to 
be erected in Agricultural Park, outlined the 
policy to be pursued by the Board of Super- 
visors, and said that the charge of the Museum 
would be placed in the hands of a Board of 
Governors to consist of nine members, to be 
elected by specified organizations, of which the 
Cooper Club was to be one. The County 
will make a liberal appropriation, supplying 
all equipment necessary, provide curators, etc., 
and will expect the Southern Division of the 
Cooper Club to take charge of the Ornithologi- 
cal Exhibit. On motion by Mr. Lelande, 
seconded by Mr. Willett, and duly carried, the 
President and Secretary were authorized to 
sign the agreement with the Board of Super- 
visors of Los Angeles County accepting this 
proposition. On motion by Mr. Lelande, 
seconded by Mr. Miller, and duly carried, Mr. 
I-Ioward Robertson was appointed the repre- 
sentative of the Cooper Club on the Board of 
Governors for 1910. On motion by Mr. Willett, 
seconded by Mr. Chamberlain, and unanimous- 
ly carried, a vote of thanks was extended to 
Mr. Robertson for his interest ami activity in 
procuring so satisfactory an arrangement for 
the bird exhibit. Dr. John Ilornung exhibited 
a small series of Mexican bird skins, altho 
he himself was not able to be present. Ad- 
journed. 
J. E. Law, Secretary. 
