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 Nov., 1911 MINUTES OF COOPIeR CLUB MEETINGS 215 interesting nest notes. Adjourned.--J. E. LA W, Secretary. NORTHERN nxvxsxoN JtLv--The July meeting of the Northern Division of the Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on Saturday evening, July 22. Vice-President Cartiger was in the chair, and the following members were present: M. S. Ray, J. J. Boyce, O. Heinemann, H. C. Bryant, L. H. Miller, H. L. Coggins, Miss Winifred Wear, and H. S. Swarth. Miss Gretchen L. Libby and Miss Wear were present as visitors. The minutes of the last meeting (held on April 22) were read and approved, and the minutes of the June meeting of the Southern Division were also read. The following individuals were elected to membership in the Club: H. Parker, S.S. Visher, L. H. Paul, M. S. Crosby, L. M. Ter- rill, W. J. Brown, A. H. Helme, C. M. Case, L. Tremper, G. Wells. Applications for mem- bership were read as follows: R. P. Shatpies, W. W. Arnold, T. M. Trippe, Eleanor P. Earle, B. XV. Evermann, F. Smith, M. A. Carriker, Jr., B. A. Hamilton, A. Walker, all proposed by A. B. Howell; and Miss Gretchen L. Libby, Redlands, California, proposed by H. S. Swarth. There was some discussion of the proposed revision of the Club Constitution, but in the absence of two members of the committee having the matter in charge, no action was taken. Mr. Boyce gave a talk on some of his expe- riences collecting water birds on Forrester and Hazy islands, in southeastern Alaska, he hav- ing made the dangerous landing on these rather inaccessible islands, on-several occa- sions. Mr. Cartiger read a letter from J. R. Pemberton, now engaged in geological work in Patagonia, giving his impressions of the bird life of that region, as compared with that of California. and telling of some of the more striking species. A paper by M. E. Peck was then read, de- scriptive of a hybrid quail; a cross between the Mountain and Valley Quail, accompanied by the specimen. Adjourned.--H. S. Secretary. AuGust--The regular monthly meeting of the Northern Division of. the Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on Saturday evening, August 19. Vice-presi- dent Cartiger was in the chair, and the follow- ing members were present: Chester Lamb, M.P. Anderson, D. Brown, and H. S. Swarth. Mr. George J. Barron was present as a visitor. The minutes of the July meeting were read and approved, followed by the Southern Divi- sion minutes for July. The following, whose names were presented at the last meeting were elected to member- ship in the Club: Alex Walker, Dr. B. A. Hamilton, M.A. Carriker, Jr., F. Smith, B. W. Evermann, T. M. Trippe, Dr. W. W. Arnold, R. P. Sharples, Mrs. E. P. Earle, and Miss Gretchen L. Libby. New names proposed for membership were, E.J. Court, Washing- ton, D.C.; W. L. Dunbar, Bridgeport, Conn.; and Mrs. J. H. Lancashire, Alma, Mich., all proposed by A. B. Howell; and Bernard Bailey, Corvallis, Montana, proposed by H. S. Swarth. Adjourned.H. S. SWARTH, 5'ecretary. SPTrBg.--The September meeting of the Northern Division was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, on Saturday evening, September 16. President Mailliard was in the chair and the following members present: Miss A.M. Alexander and Miss L. Kellogg, and Messrs. M.P. Anderson, W.P. Taylor, O. Heinemann, J. Grinnell, H. C. Bryant, J. Boyce, C. Camp, H. W. Cartiger, R. S. Wheele,r and H. S. Swarth. The minutes of the Northern Division August meeting were read and approved, followed by the reading of the Southern Division minutes for August. The following were elected to membership in the Club: W. Linfred Dunbar, Bridgeport, Conn., Edward J. Court, Wash- ington, D.C.; and Mrs. J. H. Lancashire, Alma, Mich., all proposed by A. B. Howell; and Bernard Bailey, Corvallis, Montana, pro- posed by H. S. Swarth. The name of E. J. Darlington, Wilmington, Delaware, was pre- sented by A. B. Howell, and J. S. Dougias, Bakersfield, Calif., by W. Lee Chambers, to be acted upon at the next meeting. The resigna- tion of Charles Reining, Davenport, Iowa, was accepted. A communication from Mr. Chambers was then read, giving an informal statement of the present financial status of the Club, a very gratifying exposition of the work accomplished by the business managers during the past year. The committee on the revision of the Club constitution (J. Mailliard, W. P. Taylor, and O. Heinemann) presented its report. Several slight changes and additions were suggested, and the whole document was then formally approved, to be sent at once to the Southern Division before its final adoption. Mr. M.P. Anderson gave an entertaining talk descriptive of his experiences in western China and Thibet, where he spent some years collecting birds and mammals for the British Museum. After briefly indicating his route and collecting stations, illustrated by a map, he spoke of the more conspicuous mammals and birds, and also of the hunting methods em- ployed by the natives of the country. Ad- journed.--H. S. SWARTH, Secretary.