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tertained during the remainder of the evening 
hy Mr. Willett, who gave a talk upon his re- 
cent trip to Laysan and adjacent islands un- 
der the direction of the Biological Survey. A 
representative lot of Eaysan birds, and an ex- 
tensive series of photographs illustrated his 
remarks. Owing to the trip having been 
made during the winter months, while previ- 
ous expeditions had all visited the islands dur- 
ing the summer, a number of new and inter- 
esting facts were discovered, rather surpris- 
ing in view of the attention the islands had al- 
ready received from ornithologists. Adjourned. 
— H. S. SwARTH, Secretary. 
NORTHERN DIVISION 
March. — The regular monthly meeting of 
the Cooper Ornithological Club was held at 
the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, 
California, on February 20, 1913, at 8 p. in. 
Mr. Bryant acted as president in the tempo- 
rary absence of President Carriger who took 
the chair after the discussion of the paper of 
the evening. The following members were 
present : Mrs. Grinnell, Misses Atsatt, Mc- 
Graw, and Wythe, and Messrs. Barrows, Bry- 
ant, Carriger, Chandler, Grinnell, Heinemann, 
Ray, Shelton, Stone and Storer. Mrs. Oscar 
Maurer, and Misses Capp, Harper, Lemon, 
Lillibridge, Little, and Wetmore, and Mr. 
Rankin, were present as visitors. 
The paper of the evening by Mr. J. Grin- 
nell on “Methods in Field Observation and 
Collecting” was first presented. The speaker 
outlined the various purposes in field work, 
then the methods of observation and note- 
writing, c|uoting from some of his owm note- 
books as examples, and finally described the 
outfits necessary for all sorts of field collect- 
ing. Considerable interesting discussion was 
indulged in after the presentation of the pa- 
per. 
The business of the meeting was then taken 
up. The minutes of the February meeting 
w'ere read and approved and the minutes of 
the Southern Division meeting for February 
W'ere read. 
Miss Mabel C. Gage, Worcester, Mass., 
Thos. Trenor, San Francisco, Calif., Claus J. 
Murie, and Asa Sleeth of Portland, Oregon, 
and John B. Perrin, Tucson, Ariz., were elect- 
ed to membership. The application of L. D. 
Duschak, 506 Lh S. Custom House, San Fran- 
cisco, Calif., proposed hy J. Grinnell, was 
read. 
Mr. Grinnell summarized the report of tlie 
Business Managers of the Club on Avifaunas 
Nos. 7 and 8. The report received a vote of 
approval. Mr. Bryant reported for the per- 
manent Committee on the Conservation of 
Wild Life and pointed out some of the recent 
work carried on in connection with the pres- 
ent session of the California Legislature. The 
California Associated Societies has at present 
sufficient funds to carry on an active cam- 
paign in connection with the no-sale and other 
game bills. A second Western Wild Life Call 
has been issued by the Associated Societies. 
Mr. Bryant further reported that a fair de- 
gree of success was obtained in the hearing 
of the no-sale bill before the Joint Committee 
from the two houses on February 19th. 
The names of J. Eugene Law and W. Lee 
Chambers were presented as candidates for 
the offices of Business Managers for 1913 and 
unanimously elected. The work of Mr. A. C. 
Bent in planning to continue the publication 
of "Life Histories of North American Birds”, 
as commenced by Capt. Charles Bendire, was 
favorably commented upon. Adjourned. — 
Tracy 1. StorEr, Secretary. 
April. — The regular monthly meeting of the 
Northern Division of the Cooper Ornitholog- 
ical Club was held at the Museum of Verte- 
brate Zoology, Berkeley, California, on April 
17, 1913, at 8 p. m., with President Carriger in 
the chair and the follow'ing members present : 
Mrs. Grinnell, the Misses Atsatt and Wythe, 
and the Messrs. Carriger, Grinnell, Heine- 
mann, Ray, Shelton, and Storer. Mrs. Allen 
and Miss Olive Swezy were present as vis- 
itors. The minutes of the March meeting 
W'ere read and approved and the Southern Di- 
\-ision minutes for March were read. 
Mr. L. D. Duschak, San Francisco, Calif., 
was elected to membership, and the following- 
new' applications were read for the first time ; 
Edward P. Rankin, El Monte, Los Angeles 
County, Calif., proposed by H. C. Bryant, and 
George Francis Sykes, 322 Agricultural Hall, 
Oregon Agricultural College, Corvallis, Ore- 
gon, proposed by J. Grinnell. The following- 
applications were read from the Southern Di- 
vision : F. J. Smith, J. Bagley, B. M. Marshall, 
E. A. Dial, B. F. Case, T. J. Fitzpatrick, and 
E. E. Lusher. Mr. Grinnell reported briefly 
on the conditions and results already ob- 
tained at the State Legislature. 
The discussion of the evening upon a “Ref- 
erence List of Birds of the San Francisco Bay 
Region” W'as opened by the Secretary. Mr. 
Grinnell had anticipated the general trend of 
the discussion and had prepared a synopsis of 
the work, which he presented, showing what 
work would be necessary to produce a cred- 
itable list. 
The following motion was introduced and 
carried : It is the sense of this meeting, after 
discussion, that it is eminently desirable that 
a “Reference List of the Birds of the San 
Francisco Bay Region” be compiled by the 
Cooper Ornithological Club. Adjourned. — 
Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
