May, 1914 
:minutrs of cooper club MEETIXOS 
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the Pacific Association of Scientific Socie- 
ties, urging the participation of the Cooper 
Club in the annual meeting of the Associa- 
tion in Seattle in May, 1914. It was not 
deemed practicable by the members pres- 
ent, however, and no steps were taken to- 
wards the holding of such a meeting. 
The annual report of the business mana- 
gers was then presented by Mr. Chambers, 
and points not clear to his hearers were 
explained at length by him. The summary 
shows a most satisfactory condition of the 
Club’s finances, amply justifying the poli- 
cies of the two business managers, and re- 
flecting great credit upon their foresight 
and ability. 
The business of the evening concluded, 
the members adjourned to the exhibition 
hail in the south wing of the building, 
where, upon an extemporised screen, Mr. W. 
Leon Dawson displayed a most remarkable 
series of slides of California birds. His 
talk was upon “The Sea- and Shore-Birds 
of Southern California”, but the pictures of 
ducks, gulls, and- other swimmers were but 
a prelude to the splendid representation of 
the waders. All but one of the California 
species were included in this collection of 
photographs, a large proportion in many 
different pictures, and the exhibition was 
a pleasure that was most highly appreciated 
by all present. The enjoyment of the even- 
ing was enhanced perhaps by the informal 
nature of the occasion, and by the free dis- 
cussion following the exhibition of certain of 
the pictures. Adjourned. — H. S. Sw.\rth, 
Secretary. 
M.xiicii. — The regular monthly meeting of 
the Southern Division was held at the Mu- 
seum of History, Science, and Art, Thurs- 
day evening, March 26. President Law was 
in the chair, and the following members 
in attendance: Mrs. E. H. Husher, and 
Messrs. Appleton, Blain, Chambers, Dag- 
gett, Eggleston, Grey, Howell, Law, Little, 
Joseph Mailliard, Miller, Morcom, Rich, Rob- 
ertson, Snyder, Swarth, Wood, and Wyman. 
Messrs. W. T. Doherty and F. R. Miner were 
visitors. 
The minutes of the February meeting 
were read and approved, followed by the 
Northern Division minutes for March. Mr. 
George W. Lane, whose name was presented 
last month by Mr. Grinnell, was elected to 
membership. New names were proposed as 
follows; C. A. Brant, El Tovar, Grand Can- 
yon, Arizona, presented by Mrs. E. H. 
Husher; William T. Martin, Oakland, by Dr. 
W. F. Bade; and Halstead G. White, Clare- 
mont, by Wright M. Pierce. 
Mr. Mailliard, as a visitor from the North- 
ern Division, was called upon for some re- 
marks, and responded at some length, 
among other things contrasting the mem- 
bership of, and the conditions surrounding, 
the two divisions of the Club. A little later, 
complying with the requests of several of 
the members, he detailed some of the meth- 
ods of installation, cataloging, etc., used in 
the Mailliard collection of birds, nests, and 
eggs. 
Mr. Law spoke briefly on the results of 
his recent collecting trip in New Mexico, 
during the first three weeks in March. Ad- 
journed. — H. S. Swarth, Secretary. 
XORTHERX mviSIOX 
Febru.vry. — The regular monthly meeting 
of the Northern Division of the Cooper Or- 
nithological Club was held in Room 101, East 
Hall, Berkeley, California, Thursday, Febru- 
ary 19, 1914, at 8 p. M. President Bryant 
was in the chair with the following mem- 
bers present: Mesdames Allen, Burnham 
and Grinnell, Misses Atsatt, Swezy and 
Wythe, Dr. Burnham, Messrs. Bade, Camp, 
Carriger, Cohen, Cooper, Grinnell, Rankin, 
A. G. Smith, Storer, and W. P. Taylor. The 
meeting was open to the public and about 
one hundred visitors were present. 
The program of the evening was first pre- 
sented. Dr. William Frederic Bade, editor 
of the Sierra Cl'ub Bulletin, spoke on “Birds 
of the High Sierras”. On various trips with 
the Sierra Club, Dr. Bade has secured good 
photographs of mountain birds and many of 
these were shown by lantern slides. The 
Sierra Junco, Mountain Chickadee, Ameri- 
can Dipper, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Sierra 
Hermit Thrush, and Mountain Bluebird 
were especially well represented. 
After the departure of the visitors at the 
close of the lecture the business was con- 
sidered. The minutes of the January meet- 
ing were read and approved followed by the 
reading of the Southern Division minutes 
for January. Mr. Findlay Simmons was 
elected to membership. The application of 
William T. Martin, Plymouth Center, Oak- 
land, California, proposed by Dr. W. F. 
Bade, and the names proposed at the South- 
ern Division meeting for January were read. 
The resignations of E. Boyer, F. O. Pilsbury 
and A. G. Ulrich, were accepted, following 
the action of the Southern Division. 
Mr. Grinnell read and commented upon 
the report of the Business Managers for 
1913. The report shows a substantial in- 
crease in the business of the Club during 
the past year, and a general state of affairs 
most gratifying to all interested in the 
Club’s welfare. 
