Sept, 1910 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 
179 
The following applications were presented: 
Eugene J. Fischer, Berkeley, Calif , by H. S. 
Swarth; and the following by W. Lee Chambers: 
Edward P. Walker, Paradox, Colorado; T. 
Gilbert Pearson, Greensboro, N. C. ; B. G. 
Willard, Millis, Mass.; E. P. Taylor, Grass 
Valley, Calif.; Albert H. Frost, New York City; 
John H. Sage, Portland, Conn.; Chas. P. 
Batchelder, Cambridge, Mass. ; Geo. Chas. 
Embody, Ithaca, N. Y. ;Jno. J. Boyce, Juneau, 
Alaska; P. J. Suksdorf, Bingen, Wash. ; Fred 
B. Spaulding, Lancaster. New Hampshire; 
Josiafa. H. Clark, Paterson, New Jersey; S. II. 
Goodwin, Provo, Utah; W. E. Unglisli, Wat- 
sonville, Calif.; W. C. Ohlendorf, M. D., 
Chicago, 111. 
A circular letter from the American Bird 
Banding Association was read and placed on file. 
Mr. Rosewell Wheeler called the attention of 
the members to the fact that the cases of 
mounted birds presented to the Club by Mr. 
G. Frean Morcom were not properly cared for, 
anil he volunteered to look them up and have 
them placed in the Oakland Museum where 
they would be carefully protected. A motion 
was made and carried that the birds be 
secured and placed in the Oakland Museum 
and a receipt be turned over to the Secretary. 
Mr. H. C. Tracy presented a very able paper 
dealing with the directive markings of birds, 
and exhibited a number of skins clearly illus- 
trating his remarks. 
Mr. Tracy’s observations were made princi- 
pally in the East and also in Asia Minor, and 
the talk about the birds of the latter place 
proved very interesting to those present. 
Among the notable birds of that district Mr. 
Tracy mentioned a species of Nuthatch (Sitta 
neumayeri) that bilds a nest similar to the 
Cliff Swallow of our country and places the 
same on the side of a large rock. — II. W. 
Carriger, Secretary. 
May. — The May meeting of the Northern 
Division was held on the evening of the 7th at the 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. Meeting was 
called to order at 8:15 with Mr. H S. Swarth 
in the chair. Minutes of last meeting were 
read, and approved as read. 
Resignation of Miss Applegate of Haywards, 
which was read at the last meeting, was on 
motion accepted. On motion the Secretary 
was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of 
those present electing to active membership 
those whose names were presented at the last 
meeting. 
The applications of Messrs. Paul Griswold 
Howes, Stamford, Conn., J. PL Fleming, 
Toronto, Ont, and Miss E. W. Fisher, Philadel- 
phia, Pa., all proposed by Mr. Lee Chambers, 
were read and laid over till the next meeting. 
The Constitution of The Pacific Association 
of Scientific Societies, together with a letter 
from Mr. Bowman, was read and Mr. Joseph 
Grinnell and Mr. Roswell Wheeler were ap- 
pointed a committee to represent the Cooper 
Club. 
Mr. Walter Taylor gave a very interesting 
talk on his trip into Nevada and showed some 
fo the birds taken on the trip. Mr. Taylor 
showed a set of eggs of the Red-shafted Flicker 
which he had taken from a nest in a hay stack; 
the lack of trees caused the Flicker to use this 
unusual place as a nesting site. lie also spoke 
of finding Nuthatches in the sage brush on the 
Nevada deserts. — II. W. Carriger, Secretary. 
Jury. — The July meeting of the Cooper Orn- 
ithological Club was held on the evening of the 
9th in the Research Room of the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley. Meeting was 
called to order at 8:30 p. m. with President 
Grinnell in the chair. 
Mr. Loye Holmes Miller, who has for some 
time been working on the fossil-bearing beds 
near Los Angeles gave a very interesting 
lecture on the work done there, illustrated with 
a large number of the birds that have been 
nneartht recently. 
At the conclusion of Mr. Miller’s lecture the 
regular business was taken up and the minutes 
of the last meeting were read and approved as 
read. 
The application of Mr. II. C. Tracy, proposed 
by Mr. Grinnell, and of Mr. Outram Bangs, 
proposed by Mr. Chambers were presented and 
laid over till the next meeting. 
A motion was made and carried that the 
Secretary cast the unanimous ballot of those 
present electing to active membership Messrs. 
J. II. Fleming, Paul Griswold Howes and Miss 
E. W. Fisher, whose names were presented at 
the last meeting. 
The resignation of Mr. Otto Emerson which 
has been on the table for some time was taken 
up, and on the recommendation of the commit- 
tee that called on Mr. Emerson the same was, 
on motion, accepted. 
A letter from Mr. J. II. Bowman, chairman 
of the Pacific Association of Scientific Societies, 
was read and discust by members present. 
The proposition to invite a meeting of the A. 
O'. U. to be held in San Francisco during the 
World’s Fair in 1915 was discust. 
The proposal to elect Prof. F. E. L. Beal to 
Honorary membership in the Club, which hail 
been previously presented, was brought before 
the meeting, and the same was carried by 
ballot unanimously. — IT. W. Carriger, Secre- 
tary. 
September. — Meeting of the Cooper Ornith- 
ological Club was held September 10, 1910, at 
