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 114 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII FEBRUAR.--The February meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Club was held on Thursday evening, February 23, 1911, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Build- ing, Los Angeles. The meeting was called to order by President Motcorn, with the following members present: Messrs. Miller, Robertson, Lelande, Willett, Davis, Rich, Wright, Cham- bers, Fisher, Lowe, Antonin Jay, Blaine, Van Rossera, Brower, Perez and Law. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved. The following applica- cartons for membership were presented: Wal- ter Brower, Los Angeles, and Maurice Cory Blake, Nordhoff, California, by W. Lee Cham- bers. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Miller, and duly carried, the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of those present electing to active membership Messrs. Orland Beekmart and' Mrs. Olive Thorne Miller, whose names were presented at the January meeting. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Miller, and duly carried, action on the resignation of Mr. W. N. Lowe was postponed until next meeting. The Secretary read copy'of the communica- tion forwarded by the Northern Division to the Senate Committee on Fish and Game, and on motion .by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Miller, and duly carried, the same was ordered filed. A letter from Mr. Henry Oldys with reference to his lectures on bird subjects was read, and on motion by Mr. Rich, seconded by Mr. Willett, the Secretary was instructed to thank Mr. Oldys, and explain that th Club is not in a position at the present time to take the matter up. The Club then took up the new Constitution as remodeled by the Committee, and on motion by Mr. Lelande, seconded by Mr. Willett, and duly carried, the present draft of the Constitution was adopted subject to the ap- proval of the Northern Division. On motion by Mr. Miller, seconded by Mr. Willett, and duly carried, the Committee on the Constitution was. discharged with thanks. ' The Secretary then read an exhaustive paper by Mr. Joseph Grinnell on the "Distri- bution of the Mockingbird in California". Ad- journed.--J. E. LAw, Secretary. MARCH.--The March -meeting of the South- ern Division of the Cooper Club was held on Thursday evening, March 30, 1911, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Building, Los Angeles. The meeting was called to order by President Morcom, with the following members present: Messrs. Willett, Lelande, Miller, Owen, Robertson, Antonin Jay, Blaine, Perez, Zahn and Law. The minutes of the February meeting were read and approved. The following applications for membership were presented: Prof.-Stephen Sargent Visher, Vetmillion, S. D.; Lucius H. Paul, Newark, N. Y.; Maunsell S. Crosby, Rhinebeck, N.Y.; Her- bert Parker, South Lancaster, Mass.; J. M. Edson, Bellinghtm, Wash.; W. J. Hoxie, Sav- annah, Ga.; Joseph Parker Norris, Jr., Phila- delphia, Pa.; Eugene E. Caduc, Boston, Mass.; Philip Bernard Philipp, New York, N.Y.; Juliette A. Owen, St. Joseph, Mo.; Frederick H. Kennard, Newton Center, Mass.; Rowena A. Clarke, St. Louis, Mo.; Alexander Dawes Du Bois, Ithaca, N.Y.; J. H. Trumbull, Plainville, Conn.; Frank O. Pilsbury, Walpole, Mass.; W. B. Mershon, Saginaw, Michigan; Samuel S. Dickey, Waynesburg, Pa.; Roy Norris, Rich- mond, Ind.; J. F. Frazier, Audubon, Iowa; Elizabeth B. Davenport, Brattleboro, Vt; all proposed by Mr. Alfred B. Howell; Benjamin Weed, San Francisco, Cal., proposed by J. Grinnell and Leon Lloyd Gardner, Claremont, California, by J. l. Law. These applications were held for action at the next meeting. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Lelande, and duly carried, the secretary was instructed to east the unanimous ballot of those present electing to active membership Messrs. Maurice Cory Blake and Walter Brower, whose names were presented at the February meeting. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Owen, and duly carried, the Secretary was instructed to correspond with the Northern Division, and if the manuscript of "Belding's Water Birds of California" has not been placed in the Bancroft Library to see if it could not be arranged to have same deposited in the Museran of History, Science and Art in Los Angeles, to be under the control of the Cooper Club. Mr. Robertson stated that the Museum will be required to publish each year a list of everything received by the Museum and there will be additional funds for some publications of a special kind. The appropriations are lib- eral, and the buildings absolutely fire-proof, and the Museum is to be ready for occupancy by July, 1911. On motion by Mr. Willett, seconded by Mr. Robertson, and duly carried, the resignation of Messrs. H. N. Lowe, A. H. Keeney.and Chas. L. Metz were accepted with regret. The Secretary then read a paper by Loye Miller entitled "A Synopsis of Our Knowledge concerning the Fossil Birds of the Pacific Coast of North America". Adjourned.--J. E. LAW, Secretary. NORTHERN DIVISION JANUAR.--The January meeting of the Northern Division of the Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on the evening of January 23, with President Grinnell in the chair, and the following mere-