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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XV 
The Secretary then read three notes by 
Dr. L. H. Miller on recent taking of Bendire 
Thrasher, Rocky Mountain Pigmy Owl and 
Alaska Hermit Thrush in the vicinity of hi.s 
South Pasadena home. Adjourned. — J. E. 
Law, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
November. — The regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division was held at the 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Saturday 
evening, November 16, with President Cog- 
gins in the chair, and the following members 
present : Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, Coggins, 
Chandler, Grinnell, Heinemann, Lamb, Joseph 
Mailliard, Shelton, Stone, Smith, Swarth, and 
Taylor. Mrs. Grinnell, Mrs. Taylor and Mrs. 
Swarth were present as visitors. 
The minutes of October meeting were read 
and approved, followed by the reading of the 
Southern Division minutes for October. New 
members were elected as follows : Hilda 
Wood Grinnell, A. L. Barrows, H. Hoch- 
baum, A. Cookman, P. E. Letchworth, Jr., E. 
W. Merrill, and W. A. Squires. New names 
presented for membership were : J. A. Swee- 
ney, Reville, New York, proposed by W. Lee 
Chambers ; J. H. Gaut, Pasadena, and E. 
Wall, San Bernardino, proposed by A. B. 
Howell, and J. G. Layne, Los Angeles, pro- 
posed by J. E. Law. 
A communication was read from the secre- 
tary of the Pacific Association of Scientific 
Societies, requesting information as to the 
date and locality preferred by the Cooper 
Club for the next meeting of the Association, 
to be held during the spring of 1913. Berkeley 
had been suggested as a desirable place for 
the meeting, and various dates in March and 
April, as the time. Berkeley was acceptable 
to the Club as the place for the meeting, and 
after some discussion it was decided that any 
of the dates in April (4th and 5th, 11th and 
12th, or 18th and 19th) would be satisfac- 
tory, and the secretary was instructed to no- 
tify the secretary of the Association accord- 
ingly. 
A letter from Mr. Frank Stephens was then 
read, expressing his appreciation of the action 
of the Club in electing him to honorary mem- 
bership. The next order of business was the 
reading of the report of the committee ap- 
pointed by the Southern Division to investi- 
gate the charges brought against Pingree 1. 
Osburn, and on which the Southern Division 
based its action expelling Osburn from the 
Club. It was decided that the Southern Di- 
vision was fully justified in pursuing the 
course followed, and the expulsion of this 
member was accordingly approved. 
Mr. W. P. Taylor, chairman of the conser- 
vation committee, reported upon the organiza- 
tion meeting of the California Associated So- 
cieties for the Conservation of Wild Life. 
The actions of the committee, as outlined by 
Mr. Taylor, were fully ratified by the Club. 
Business matters being disposed of, Mr. 
Mailliard, the first speaker on the program, 
opened a “discussion of oology”, which was 
warmly taken up by several members pres- 
ent. 
Mr. Taylor followed with a review of W. 
L. McAtee’s paper on “The Experimental 
Method of Testing the Efficiency of Warning 
and Cryptic Coloration in Protecting Animals 
from their Enemies”, this talk being largely 
in rebuttal of Mr. E. W. Gifford’s arguments 
in favor of experimental work, as given in 
the last (October) meeting of the Division. 
Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
December. — The monthly meeting of the 
Northern Division was held at the Museum 
of Vertebrate Zoology, Saturday evening, 
December 21, with vice-president Carriger in 
the chair and the following members pres- 
ent; Mrs. H. W. Grinnell, and Messrs. Bry- 
ant, Carriger, Grinnell, Heinemann, Miller, 
Ray, Storer, Swarth, and Taylor. Mrs. Tay- 
lor attended as a visitor. 
The minutes of the November meeting 
were read and approved. The following were 
elected to membership in the club ; J. A. 
Sweeney, Reville, New York, J. H. Gaut, Pas- 
adena, E. Wall, San Bernardino, and J. G. 
Layne, Los Angeles. New names were pro- 
posed as follows ; O. P. Silliman, Castroville, 
California, presented by W. Lee Chambers, 
and M. B. Rice, Cascadia, Oregon, presented 
by W. L. Finley. The resignation of E. W. 
Gifford was read and accepted. 
Several matters of club business were then 
discussed and disposed of as follows : The 
secretary was instructed to send to the busi- 
ness manager the accumulation of Northern 
Division correspondence and other papers, 
which could thus be given more secure stor 
age, together with the other club documents. 
The time of the Northern Division meeting 
was changed from the third Saturday to the 
tliird Thursday of each month. 
The nominations of officers for 1913 gave 
the following results : President, H. W. Car- 
riger ; Vice-president, H. C. Bryant ; Secre- 
tary, H. S. Swarth. 
Two papers were presented. T. 1. Storer 
reviewed Headley’s recent book on “The 
Flight of Birds”, and H. C. Bryant gave 
briefly some of the results of his investiga- 
tion into the food habits of the Western 
Meadowlark. Adjourned. — H. S. Swarth, 
Secretary. 
