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 July, 1916 MINUTES OB COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 175 ing for papers for the San Diego meeting in August. The Club then listened to a most enter- taining account of Indian myths and legends regarding the birds by Professor T. T. Wat- erman, of the University of California. Many problems as .to the creation and its details were settled, the raven playing a -very important role in most of the stories. Mr. Hansen reported Western Robins nesting in Golden Gate Park. Dr. Ever- mann gave an account of a trip into the mountains back of Ventura and Santa Paula to locate possible nests o'f the California Condor. He reported that about half a doz- en Condors were seen in different localities, but no nests were found. Cactus Wrens and Yellow-billed Magpies, which were found commonly in certain districts near Santa Paula thirty years ago, were not seen on this trip. Adjourned.--ArELXX S. ALLEN, Secretary. Mx.--The regular monthly meeting of the Northern Division was held at the Ver- tebrate Museum, May 18, 1916, at eight o'clock, with the following members and vis- itors present: Misses Crane, Culver and Wythe; Mesdames Allen and Knappen; Messrs. Carriger, Cohen, Evermann, Han- sen, Squires, Storer, Swarth and Wright; visitors: Misses Moore and Wythe, Mrs. Swarth, Messrs. Benton, De Groot, La Jeu- nesse and Webb. The persons whose names were presented at the preceding meeting were elected to membership. The following were newly proposed for membership: Benj. F. Davis, 2525 Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. Mary van E. Ferguson; Mrs. Chas. A. Field, 2547% Piedmont Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. Chas. S. Newhall; Mr. H. V. La Jeunesse, 1340 Broadway, Alameda, by Dr. H. C. Bry- ant; Mrs. M. E. Lombardi, 2331 Le Conte Ave., Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. Alien; Mrs. Calvert Meade, 202 E. Twelfth St., Oakland, by Mrs. D. W. de Veer; Mr. Chas. T. Vor- hies and Mr. T. K. Marshall, Tucson, Ariz., by Mrs. J. W. Wheeler; Miss Ella Jeremy and Mr. James Anthony Mullen, Salt Lake City, by Mrs. A. O. Treganza; Miss Cordelia Johnson Stanwood, Ellsworth, Me., and Mr. John D. Bliss, Santa Monica, Calif., by W. Lee Chambers. Mr. Storer then read a chapter from the manuscript of the "Game Birds of Califor- nia", dealing with the Mourning Dove, in which was given a summary of all availa- ble data as to the life-history of that spe- cies as found in California. Mr. Squires reported Robins breeding at Sutro Heights in San Francisco, and Mr. Wrigh't established the right of the Willow Goldfinch to be considered a permanent res- ident in Berkeley. Adjourned.--ArELX S. ALLEN, Secretary. SOUTHERN DIVISION MXRcH.--Meeting of Southern Division called to order on the evening of March 30 by President Miller. Minutes of February meeting read and approved, followed by reading of the minutes of the other divi- sions, Present: Messrs. Miller, Willett, Lane, Chambers, Cox, Brown, Holland, Lit- tle, Law, Robertson, Daggett, Zahn, Wyman; Mesdames Robertson, Law and Harmon; Miss Little. Visitors were Messrs. Clark and Greenfield, and Miss Fanny Ford. On motion of Mr. Robertson, the Secre- tary was instructed to cast the affirmative ballot of the Club admitting to membership the following persons: Webster Robinson, Los Angeles; Norman A. Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Curtis Wright, Jr., Berkeley; H. W. Daniels, Claremont; Edna A. Hannibal, San Jose; Harold E. Hansen, San Francisco; Donald D. McLean, Coulterville; Edmund C. Jaeger, Palm Springs; and Edward Howe Forbush, Boston, Mass. New names presented, to be voted on at the April meeting: Mrs. G. B. Hoag, Ana- heim, by H. C. Bryant; Miss Alice F. Crane, San Francisco, by S. B. Culver; Mrs. Chas. S. Newhall, Berkeley, by Mrs. J. T. Allen Miss Augusta H. Blanchard, by S. B. Cul- ver; Cora Smedburg, Felton, by Margaret W. Wythe; Dudley S. DeGroot, San Fran- cisco,. by A. E. Price; Mattie Beth Morgan, Ft. Worth, Tex., by John B. Litsey,. Jr.; Robert L. Paschal, Ft. Worth, Texas, by John B. Litsey, Jr.; Chas. N. Black, San Francisco, by W. Lee Chambers; Chas. W. Michael, San Francisco, Roland F. Hussey, Ann Arbor, Mich., Ralph E. Dodge, Santa Cruz, and Benj. F, Bolt, KanSas City, by W. Lee Chambers; Wm. C. Jacobsen, Berkeley, by J. Grinnell; Aldo Leopold, Al- buquerque, N.M., and Mrs. P. H. Winston, Chloride, N.M., by J. Stokeley Ligon. A communication from the Pac. Div. of the American Assn. for the Advancement of Science, urging Cooper Club members to join, was read. Pres. Miller stated that he had received a letter also from the same source, relative to a meeting to be held in August in San Diego, as to whether the Cooper Club wished to participate in the program, etc. Enthusiasm on the subject was lacking and the matter was laid on. the table.