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variation. The emphasis on the aesthetic in 
the very first paragraph : “Whatever tends to 
make the world happier and better is of di- 
rect material value though its value may not 
be measurable in dollars”, is a little out of 
the ordinary for a purely economic paper, but 
is a good innovation. The many papers now 
being published dealing with the purely eco- 
nomic point of view have a tendency to over- 
emphasize the “dollars and cents value” at 
the expense of other values. 
The introductory divisions of the bulletin 
treat of the usual subjects to be found in pa- 
pers of its kind: The Balance of Nature, Res- 
cue of Crops, Foliage and Forests by Birds; 
and Necessity of Protection. Two divisions 
a little more out of the ordinary are entitled ; 
Quantities of Food Required by Birds, and 
Methods of Investigation. 
The systematic discussion makes up the 
greater part of the paper. A general discus- 
sion of the food of the more important groups 
(orders) of birds is given with more detailed 
results of the stomach examination of the 
most important members of each group. 
Two things are noticeable in this discus- 
sion. First, the numerous citations of the 
literature quoted (208 in all), and second, the 
tables (ten of them) summarizing the results 
of the stomach examinations made by differ- 
ent investigators. A few paragraphs on the 
literature of economic ornithology and a bib- 
liography of one hundred and forty-nine pa- 
pers on economic ornithology concludes the 
iDulletin. 
We recommend this paper as being the best 
brief summary on the subject which has come 
to our notice. No more valuable bulletin is 
available for the teacher who desires to know 
something of the economic relations of our 
common birds and the available literature on 
the subject, or for the beginning student in 
economic ornithology who desires a general 
idea of the work accomplished. — H. C. 
Bryant. 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB 
MEETINGS 
SOUTHERN DIVISION 
May. — The regular meeting of the Southern 
.Division of the Club was held at the Museum 
of History, Science and Art, Thursday eve- 
ning, May 29, with twelve members present : 
Messrs. Chambers, Daggett, Fitzpatrick, 
Howell, Hubhs, Kimball, Law, Layne, Miller, 
Rich, Willett, and Swarth. President J. E. 
Law was in the chair. 
The following were elected to membership . 
H. C. Ohl, Los Banos, California; Thomas 
Trenor, San Erancisco, California; E. P. 
Rankin, El Monte, California ; George F. 
Sykes, Corvallis, Oregon. New names pro- 
posed were; L. H. Duschak, San Francisco, 
presented by J. Grinnell ; Philip Pierpont, 
Nordhoff, by D. R. Dickey; George H. Stuart, 
Philadelphia, by W. L. Chambers. 
A letter was read, received by W. L. Cham- 
bers from Mr. Robert Ridgway, giving many 
interesting details in regard to the publication 
of his new book of colors. Mr. Law enter- 
tained the members with an account of his 
recent collecting trip to southeastern Arizona. 
Adjourned. — PL S. Swarth, Secretary. 
June. — The monthly meeting of the South- 
ern Division of the Club was held at the Mu- 
seum of History, Science and Art, Thursday 
evening, June 26, with the following members 
present : Messrs. Bryant, Chambers, Daggett, 
Fischer, Plubbs, Law, Zahn, and Swarth. Mr. 
Paul S. Radir and Mr. Carruthers were vis- 
itors. As the president was absent aurmg the 
early part of the evening Mr. Zahn took the 
chair. The minutes of the May meeting were 
read and approved. The following were elect- 
ed to membership in the club ; L. H. Duschak, 
San Francisco; George H. Stuart, Philadel- 
phia ; Philip Pierpont, Nordhoff, California. 
Mr. Bryant spoke at some length regarding 
the activities of the Conservation Committee 
during the session of the State Legislature 
just ended, summarizing the final results, and 
considerable discussion followed. Mr. Bryant 
then entertained the meeting with an account 
of some of the methods followed in an eco- 
nomic study of the food of birds. Adjourned. 
— H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
DIRECTORY OF MEMBERS OF THE 
COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 
Revised to July 1, 1913 
( Residence in California unless otherwise 
stated. Year following address indi- 
cates date of election.) 
HONORARY MEMBERS 
Allen, Dr. J. A., American Museum of 
Natural History, New York, N. Y. 1910. 
Beal, Prof. F. E. L., Biological Survey, U. S. 
Dept, of Agriculture, Washington, D. C. 
1910. 
Belding, Lyman, Stockton. 1896. 
Merriam, Dr. C. Hart, 1919 16th St., Wash- 
ington, D. C. 1909. 
Ridgway, Robert, Route 7, Olney, 111. 1905. 
Stephens, Frank, 3756 Park Blvd., San Diego. 
1912. 
ACTIVE MEMBERS 
Adams, Ernest, 298 S. 11th St., San Jose. 
1896. 
Alexander, Annie M., Seaview and Union 
Aves., Piedmont. 1908. 
