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 19 THB CONDOR Vol. XVI 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 Schaeffie were visitors. .The minutes of the Northern Di- vision for April were read and approved and the minute of the Southern Division for April read. The following were eected to member- ship: Miss Aria E. Crane, Miss Susan B. Cul- ver, Mr. R. A. Emroohs, 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, Ill., 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 ?onservatlonists 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. STORR, Secretary. MEETINGS OF THE COOPER ORNITHO- LOGICAL CLUB SorHERS DWSIO: At the Museum of History, Science, and Art, Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Time of meeting, 8 r. 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. NORTHERS Dvsms: At the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, University of Califor- nia, Berkeley. Time of meeting, 8 r. M., 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.