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 134 THE CONDOR Vol. XIII largely insects, and for the most part is 6f species which are now thought to be either noxious or else harmless so far as man's interests are concerned. A highly commendable feature of these two publications of the Survey is the inclu- sion of generic and specific determination of the insects wherever possible. Later, as the life histories and economic status of our insects become better known, it will be possible, from these present studies on bird food, to restate the economic value of our birds in terms 6f the insects upon which they feed. In "Game laws for 1915 "7 Messrs. Palmer, Bancroft and Earnshaw present the Survey's sixteenth annual summary of game laws in the United States and Canada. New meas- ures enacted during the year are listed and the more important ones briefly discussed. The federal regulations for the protection of migratory birds are given in full and there are tables, giving for each of the states in the Union and for the provinces of Canada, the open seasons, bag limits, mini- mum age limits for hunting, license require- ments, and a directory of officials from whom state game laws may be obtained. The bul!etn is useful in affording up-to-date information for the use of conservationists, and also for showing one stage in the ever changing balance between the hunting in- terests and the protectionists. In one of the last papers he wrote, that on "Bird Migration "8, Professor Cooke brought together generalizations arrived at by his study of the migration of American birds for more than thirty years. Here are treated such matters as causes of migration, rela- tion of migration to weather and tempera- ture, tme, distance, and rates of migration, different kinds of migration routes, rela- tion of migration to other activities in the life of birds, casualties during migration, and evolution of migration routes. Each topic is discussed upon. the basis of evidence drawn from the vast array of such material accumulated during the lifetime of the au- thor. Numerous text figures (maps) are illustrative of the various phenomena dis- cussed. Altogether this paper appeals to the reviewer as about the best thing of its kind w/aich has appeared anywhere. We can only regret that it is not ten times as large, that we might have learned more of this 'Game Laws for 1915. By T. S. Palmer, r. F. Bancroft and F. L. Earnshaw. U.S. Dept. Agric., Farmers' Bull. 692, pp. 1-64, 4 figs. in text. Issued Sept. 14, 1915. SBird Migration. By VVells VV. Cooke. U. S. Dept. Agric., Bull. 185, pp. 1-47, pls. I-IV, 20 figs. in text. Issued April 17, 1915. fascinating subject from one who was qual- ified to speak with such authority upon it.--- TRACY I. STORER. MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS NORTHERN DIVISION MARcI.--The regular monthly meeting of the Northern Division o the Cooper Or- nithological Club was held at the Academy of Sciences in Golden Gate Park, San Fran- cisco, March 16, 1916, with an attendance of thirty-three. The minutes of the Febru- ary meeting were read and approved, and the minutes of the Southern Division and of the Inter-Mountain Chapter far February were also read. Mrs. Nellie Knappen was elected to mem- bership in the Club, and the following names were proposed: Pirie Davidson, San Rafael, Calif., proposed by Mr. Tracy I. 'Storer; Dr. Frank B. Davis, 401 Vernon St., Oakland, by Mrs. Edward A. Klugel; E. N. Hart, 940 Pacific Ave., Alameda, by Harold E. Hansen; S. Griswold Morley, 2535 Etna St., Berkeley, by Dr. J. Grinnell; Webster Robinson, Los Angeles, by Mr. Swarth; Norman H. Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich., and Donald D. McLean, Coulterville, Calif., by W. Lee Chambers; Edmund C. Jaeger, Palm Springs, Calif., by C. O. Esterly; and Ed- ward Howe Forbush, Boston, Mass., by W. Leon Dawson. Mr. Storer presented to the Club the con- tents of a letter from Mr. Albert Barrows, Secretary of the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, asking the Cooper Club to pre- sent a program at a meeting of the Associa- tion to be held in San Diego, August 9 to 12. Mr. Harold Bryant was appo!nted by the President to prepare a program for this oc- casion. Dr. Barton W. Evermann then gave g most interesting report of an intensive study of the physical and the biological conditions of Lake Maxinkuckee, Indiana, showing the conditions and inter-relations of the d:ffer- ent kinds of life found to exist in and about the lake. Adjourned.--AMELIA S. ALLEN, ecretary. SOUTIxERN DIVISION FERRVXRY.--Regular meeting of the South- ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, Thursday evening, Febru- ary 24, 1916, with thirty-three members and visitors in attendance. In the absence of Mr. Swarth, President Law appointed L. E. Wyman secretary