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 214 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII ably be established at a comparatively low cost, In this same number of Forest and Stream (page 197) there is a brief editorial account of a heronry on the McIlhenny estate. It is stated to contain at least 100,000 birds, includ- ing the following species: Snowy Heron, Little Blue Heron, Louisiana Heron, Green Heron, Yellow-crowned Night Heron, and Egret; and has been built up from a very few pairs, simply by carefully protecting the birds at all times.--H. $. S. MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS SOUTHERN DIVISION * JuN---The June meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held on Thursday evening, June 28, 1911, in the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Building, Los Angeles. The meeting was called to order by President Moreore, with the following meritbets present: Messrs. Robertson, Willerr, Alphouse Jay, Judson, Granville and Lelande. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Willett, and duly carried, Mr. Lelande was appointed Secretary pro tem. The minutes of the May meeting were read and approved. On motion by Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Judson, and duly carried, the Secretary was instructed to cast the unanimous ballot of those present electing to active membership Misses Kellogg and Blayney, and Messrs. Walker, Hamilton, Smith, Evermann, Carri- ker, Shaw, Rust, Stevens, Jordan, Barbour, Nehrling, Kermode, Wells, Durfee, Mueller, Barker and Lane, whose names were presented at the May meeting. ;The following applica- tion for membership was presented: Eleanor Poitevent Earle, Palma Sola, Florida, pro- posed by A. B. Howell. A communication from Mr. Frank S. Dag- gett to Secretary Law was read. In this letter Mr. Daggett stated that there was a probabil- ity of his making his pernianent residence in California; all those present being very much pleased to hear such good news. The following papers were read: "Further Notes from Santa Cruz Island" by A. B. How- ell and A. Van Rossem; "May Notes from San Jacinto Lake" by G. Willett and Antonin Jay; and "An Early Spring Trip to Anacapa Is- land" by Homer L. Burt. Adjo.urned.--H. J. LELANDE, Secretary, pro tern. Ju--The July meeting of the Southern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held on Thursday evening, July 27, 1911 at the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Build- ing, Los Angeles. In the absence of the President the meeting was called to order by Vice-President H. J. Lelande with the following members present: Messrs. H. C. Tracy, Howard Robertson, Otto Zahn, A. Jay, George Willett, H.J. Lelande, W. Lee Chambers. In the absence of the Secretary Mr. W. Lee Chambers was appointed by the Chair as Secretary pro tern. The minutes of the June meeting were read and approved. On motion duly made and carried, Mrs. Eleanor P. Earle was elected to active mem- bership. The following applications for membership were presented: Thos. M. Trippe, Howards- ville, Colorado, W. Linfred Dunbar, Bridge- port, Connecticut; E. J. Court, ML Pleasant, Washington and Mrs. J. H. Lancashire, Alma, Michigan; all proposed by Mr. A. B. Howell; and Miss Gretchen L. Libby, Redlands, Cali- fornia, proposed by Mr. H. S. Swarth. The minutes of the Northern Division for the July meeting were read. Also three papers were read by Mr. Lelande as follows: "A Hybrid Quail" by M. E. Peck; "Some Colorado Horned Owl Notes" by E. R. Warren; and "Swallow Notes from Fresno" by J. G. Tyler. Mr. George Willett presented some prelim- inary notes from his forthcoming "Birds of Southern California", which were very inter- esting and brought out much discussion. Ad- journed W. LEE CHAXSERS, Secretary pro tern. AuGuST-The August meeting of the South- ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held on Thursday evening, August 31, 1911 at the office of H. J. Lelande, 246 Wilcox Building, Los Angeles. In the absence of the President, the meeting was called to order by Vice-President Lelande, with the fol- lowing members present: Messrs. George Willett Loye Holmes Miller, W. Lee Cham- bers, Antonin Jay and J. E. Law. The minutes of the July meeting were read and approved. On motion duly made and carried, Mrs. J. H. Lancashire, Miss Gretchen L. Libby, Messrs. Thomas M. Trippe, W. Linfred Dunbar and E. J. Court proposed at the July meeting were duly elected to active membership. The applications of E. J. Dar- lington, Wilmington, Delaware, propqsed by A. B. Howell, and Bernard Bailey, Corvallis, Montana, proposed by H. S. Swarth, were pre- sented. On motion by Mr. Willett, seconded by Mr. Miller and duly carried, the resigna- tion of Mr. Chas. Reining was accepted with regret. The Secretary then read a very in- teresting article on the nesting of the Anthony Vireo, accompanied by two cuts, by Jennie V. Getty. This article describes the taking of the first set of four eggslof this bird and other