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 134 THE CONDOR Vol. XVII Atlin district, eighty-four summer birds and thirty-five in the September list. Some spe- cies were found new to British Columbia, and there are many records of interest as regards distribution. The comments under each species are condensed; including little more than brief statements of the manner of occurrence. On pages 17 and 18 of the 1914 report is a list of errata in the Okana- gan paper. These are mostly corrections of names used, in most instances closely re- lated subspecies having been confused.. It seems a pity that papers of such value and of such general interest should be buried in museum reports where they are lost to those most interested. They have evidently escaped the notice of even so thorough and careful a searcher of ornith- ological literature as is the reviewer of the Auk! Also but scant justice is done to either collection or author, for statements must be condensed to the utmost, and many interesting phases of the collections passed over without comment. The exceedingly brief account of the nesting of the Bohemian Waxwing in the Atlin district, where four sets of eggs were found, is ut one instance of many, of facts of life history, manner of occurrence, etc., that would bear carefully detailed treatment. In these same annual reports there are included similarly abbre- viated lists of mammals, insects, etc., from the Atlin and Okanagan districts. While the subject matter of these various lists is, as far as it goes, evidently authori- tative and a welcome addition to our knowl- edge of the biota of the regions involved, the editorial treatment of the papers can not be commended. While care has been taken to ascertain the proper names of the species listed, punctuation and general typographi- cal treatment of these names is not uniform, nor do they accord with current usage. Also there are many errors of typography throughout the several papers.--H. S. SWARTtt. MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS NORTHERN DMSION JANU,RY.--The regular monthly meeting of the Northern Division was held at the California Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, January 21, 1915, at 8 p.m. President Bryant was in the chair with the following members present: Mesdames Al- len, Bryant, Grinnell and Schlisinger, the Misses Andrews, Atsatt, Conger, Dolbear and Wythe, and the Messrs. Bolander, Camp, Carriger, Dice, Evermann, Grinnell, Joseph Mailliard, McAtee and Storer. Visitors pres- ent were: Mr. and Mrs. Newberry, Mrs. Klu- gel Miss Dora Lemon, and Mr. F. Martens. The Northern Division December, 1914, minutes were read and approved and the Southern Division December minutes were read. The following were elected to mem- bership: J. N. Kendall and the seven per- sons proposed by the Southern Division in November. The following applications for membership were read: J. H. Paul, 1320 East 2d Street South, Salt Lake City, Utah, by A. O. Treganza; Irwin C. Schumacher, Yuba City, and G. F. Sutherland, East Hall, University of California, Berkeley, both pro- posed by A. L. Barrows, and two received by the Southern Division in December. The resignation of Mr. Charles H. Richardson was accepted. A written communication from Mr. W. Otto Emerson was received asking that the Club endorse a movement to have ornithol- ogy made a required subject in the gram- mar schools. The matter was laid on the table. Election of officers resulted as follows: President, Joseph Mailliard; Vice-president, Walter K. Fisher; Secretary, Tracy I. Stor- er. For the offices of Editor of the CONDOR and Business Managers the present incum- bents were re-elected, namely, Joseph Grin- nell, editor; W. Lee Chambers and J. Eu- geneSLaw, business managers. Tracy I. Storer gave a short demonstra- tion of a new method of photographing freshly killed specimens of animals. H. C. Bryant briefly summarized the changes in game laws proposed in the Cali- fornia Legislature. Shorter seasons, smaller bag limits, and extending a measure of pro- tection to species not now protected, are the important changes to receive attention. The Division was fortunate in having Mr. W. L. McAtee of the Bureau of Biological Survey present. Mr. McAtee spoke of the economic work being done by the Survey on birds. A re-examination of the Crow and English Sparrow problems, investigation of disease among ducks on inland bodies of water in the West, studies of the food habits of thrushes, swallows, wrens, thrashers and titmice, also nighthawks and poor-wills, the damage being done to the oyster industry in Washington, the damage done by sap- suckers to forest trees, and the special methods to be used in attracting birds in different parts of the United States, are some of the problems which the economic ornithologists of the Survey have been or are now working upon. A general discus-