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to the chair for the evening. The following 
members were present; Mrs. Allen, Miss An- 
drews, Messrs. Carriger, Grinnell, Storer 
and Taylor. Miss Crane and Miss Culver, 
and Messrs. Martens and Schaeffle were 
visitors. The minutes of the Northern Di- 
vision for April were read and approved and 
the minutes of the Southern Division for 
April read. 
The following were elected to member- 
ship: Miss Ada E. Crane, Miss Susan B. Cul- 
ver, Mr. R. A. Emmons, Mr. Frank H. Lord, 
Mr. H. L. Pillsbury, Mr. C. A. Brant, and Mr. 
H. C. White. The following were proposed 
for membership: Mr. Ernest Schaeffle, 734 
Mills Bldg., San Francisco, by Tracy I. 
Storer; from the Southern Division: Mr. J. 
Howard Richey, Pasadena, and Mr. Edward 
E. Armstrong, Chicago, 111., both by W. Lee 
Chambers. The resignation of B. W. Ar- 
nold, Albany, New York, was accepted. 
The Secretary read a letter from Mr. A. 
L. Barrows, Associate Secretary of the Am- 
erican Association for the Advancement of 
Science, relating to plans now being made 
to establish a Pacific Division of the Amer- 
ican Association to supplant the now exist- 
ing Pacific Association of Scientific Socie- 
ties. The letter was accompanied by a copy 
of the constitution which is proposed for the 
Pacific Division. The Secretary outlined the 
salient features of the constitution which 
concern the Cooper Club and pointed out 
the relation which the Pacific Division would 
bear to the Club in the event that present 
plans are carried out. It is planned that 
scientific organizations may affiliate them- 
selves with the Pacific Division in much the 
same way as is now done in the Pacific As- 
sociation of Scientific Societies. The prin- 
cipal advantages under the new organiza- 
tion will be (1) that a permanent secretary 
will be in charge of the affairs of the Divi- 
sion, and (2) that members of affiliated or- 
ganizations (such as the Cooper Club) will 
be given the privilege of joining the Ameri- 
can Association without paying the initia- 
tion fee of $5.00. After some debate it was 
moved and carried that it be the sentiment 
of the Northern Division that the new ar- 
rangement is a desirable one and that the 
adoption of the constitution as outlined be 
favored. 
The remainder of the evening was de- 
voted to a report of the Permanent Commit- 
tee on the Conservation of Wild Life by Mr. 
Taylor, the chairman, and discussion of the 
report by those present. Mr. Taylor first 
outlined the history of legislation for wild 
life conservation in California and dwelt 
with particular emphasis on the recent cam- 
paign for a no-sale law. He pointed out 
that legislation for wild life conservation in 
California to be effective at all must be en- 
acted immediately. In the past the sports- 
men have been the promoters of such legis- 
lation, such organizations as the Audubon 
Society and the Cooper Club having ap- 
peared on the field in comparatively recent 
times. The legislation in regard to protec- 
tion of wild life, recently put into effect 
by the federal government has come to the 
assistance of the conservationists in the 
state but the relief is not all that is desired. 
Mr. Ernest Schaeffle, Secretary of the 
California Fish and Game Commission, then 
spoke on the same subject giving many 
facts determined by the Commission. He 
pointed out that the pursuit of wild life in 
California by hunters and others yields 
large financial returns to many people en- 
gaged in various lines. In his opinion the 
initiative measure for the sale of game 
which will be presented to the voters of the 
state at the election in November, if car- 
ried, will set back the work of wild life con- 
servation twenty to twenty-five years. If 
the Fish and Game Commission had been 
on a scientific basis in the past there would 
not be so many problems in wild life con- 
servation facing the people of the state to- 
day. 
A vote of thanks was extended to Mr. 
Schaeffle for his kindness in attending the 
meeting and participating in the discussion. 
Adjourned. — Tracy I. Storer, Secretary. 
MEETINGS OF THE COOPER ORNITHO- 
LOGICAL CLUB 
Southern Division: At the Museum of 
History, Science, and Art, Exposition Park, 
Los Angeles. Time of meeting, 8 p. m., the 
last Thursday of every month. Take south- 
bound car from town, on Spring Street the 
car marked “University”; on Hill Street the 
car marked “Vermont and Georgia”. Get off 
at Vermont Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street. 
Walk two blocks east to Exposition Park. 
The Museum is the building with the large 
dome. 
Northern Division: At the Museum of 
Vertebrate Zoology, University of Califor- 
nia, Berkeley. Time of meeting, 8 p. ai., the 
third Thursday of every month. Take any 
train or car to the University Campus. The 
Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is a large 
corrugated iron building situated on the 
south side of the campus immediately north 
of the foot-ball bleachers. 
