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 413 oj ,oj ,.,'j, ;.oj -'o THE CONDOR Mr. Dawson expressed his deep appreciation of the support given him. Adjonrned.--H. W. CARRIGER, Xecretary. DECEMBER.--The December meeting of the Cooper Club was held in the research room of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on the evening of December 17. The meeting was called to order with President (finnell in the chair, anti the following members present: J. Grinnell, H. S. Swarth, M. Ray, O. Heine- mann, D. Brown, W. P. Taylor, J. Mailliard, H. Carriger, W. L. Dawson, H. Coggins, and J. L. Sloanaker. Captain F. Kleinschmidt was present as a visitor. The minutes of the November meeting were read, and approved as read. Sonthern Division minntes were also read. The committee to whom the revised copy of the constitution was referred reported that they had carefnlly gone over the same, and, with a few minor changes, recommended that it be adopted. A motion made by Swarth and seconded by Storer that the constitution be adopted snbject to approval of the Southern Division was unanimously carried. President Grinnell spoke in regard to hold- ing the A. O. U. meeting in San Francisco dur- ing 191.5, and read a circular letter that he had mailed to eastern ornithologists arging such action. A motion was made by Mailliard, sec- onded by Swarth, that the president appoint a committee of three to see what could be done toward gaining this end. W. P. Taylor, I-I. Coggins, and M. Ray were appointed. Mr. Grinnell stated that the vote in regard to simplified spelling in TIE CONDOR had de- cided against such usage. The motion vas made and carried deciding that the Club hold its annual banquet, and that the president be instructed to appoint a couunittee to attend to the same. The president requested Mr. W. L. Dawson to give a statement regarding the progress of his work, and Mr. Dawson announced that everything looked exceptionally .bright. AI- rhea R. Sherman, whose name was presented at the last meeting, was elected a member. The names of Edward Boyer, Sparks, Nevada, and J. D. Sornborger, Rowley, Massachusetts, were proposed by W. Lee Chambers. The nominations for officers for 1911 were declared open, anti the following names were proposed: President, Joseph Mailliard; Vice- president, H. W. Cartiger; Secretary, H. S. Swarth; Business Manager, W. Lee Chambers; Editor, Joseph Grinnell. Mr. J. L. Sloanaker, of Fresho, expressed the desire of the ornithologists of that region to form a Chapter, and was told that the Club wonhi favorably consider such an application if lornrally presented. Captain Kleinschmidt gave a detailed anti Vol. XIII interesting account of his discovery of the nest and eggs of the rare Spoon-billed Sandpiper in northeastern Siberia. Specimens of the bird, both adults amt downy young, were exhibited. Mr.. H. S. Swarth, who spent the summer on Vancouver Island, gave a brief talk about his trip. Adjonrned.--H. W. CARRmR, Secretary. SOUTHERN DIVIStON NOVEMBER.--The November meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Club was hehl on Friday evening, November 25, 1910, in Room 1, City Hall, Los Angeles. In the ab- sence of President Motcorn the meeting was called to order by Vice-president Lelande, with the following members present: Messrs. Rob- ertson, Chambers, Willerr, Osburn, Alphouse Jay, Howell, Shepardson anti Lelande. Messrs. Moses and Granville were visitors. In the ab- sence of Secretary Law, Mr. W. Lee Chainlints was appointed Secretary pro tern. The minutes of the October meeting were read and approved. The following applications for membership were presented: Frank Edgar Johnson, Yonkers, N. Y., by Mr. W. Lee Chambers; Fred Granville, Los Angeles, by Mr. Howard Robertson. Mr. Howard Robertson made a verbal report on the progress of the Southern California Mu- seum. Work has already actively began on this, anti the Club has been asked to furnish data for the cornerstone. In compliance with a motion made by Willett, secoruled by Osburn, and dnly carried, the Chairman appointed Messrs. Law, Willett and Lelande, a committee to prepare proper data and see that it is placed in the cornerstone. On motion by Mr. Willett, seconded by Mr. Shepardson, anti duly carried, the Southern Division approved the action of the Northern Division in endorsing the pro- posal of Mr. W. L. Dawson; anti also pledged its moral support antl co-operation in the task of preparing a work on the "Birds of Cali- fornia." It also approved the decision that Mr. Dawson be permitted to associate the name of the Cooper Club with his own in the title page of the work. On motion by Mr. Lelande, seconded by Mr. ChamBers, anti duly carried, the following resolution was nnanimonsly adopted. Resolved--hat the Southern Di- vision of the Cooper Ornithological Club does hereby recommend Mr. Evan Davis, of Orange County, for an appointment as a member of the State Fish anti Game Commission. Mr. A. B. Howell exhibited a very fine series of bird photos covering a period spent on the Coronado Islands during 1910. A Paper en- titled "Nesting Notes on the American Eared Grebe anti Pied-billed Grebe" by Robert B. Rockwell, was read by Mr. Lelande aml thor- oughly enjoyed. Adjourned.--XV. LEE CaAM- aERS, Secretary, pro tern.