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 176 THE CONDOR Vol. XVIII The Business Managers' report for 1915 was then presented by. Mr. Law, who in a brief summary showed a very gratifying condition of the ClUb's finances. The Club is deeply indebted to Messrs. Chambers and Law for their painstaking labors, and is to be congratulated in having these gentlemen for its business managers. Then followed a most interesting and in- structive address by Dr. Miller on "Fossil Birds of the West Coast", after which Mr. Willett spoke briefly regarding birds at Roosevelt Lake, Arizona. Adjourned.--L. E. WYMAN, APRiL.--The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithologi- cal Club, was held at the Museum of His- tory, Science and Art; the evening of April 27, 1916. President Miller was in the chair and the following members present: Messrs. Daggett, Owen, E. J. Brown, W. W. Brown, Holland, Colburn, Chambers, Robin- son, Law, and Wyman; Misses Atsatt and Swift. Visitors were Miss Leighton, Mr. and Mrs. Atkins, and Mr. E. E. Harriman. Minutes of the March meeting were read and approved, followed by reading of the March minutes of the other divisions. On motion of Mr. Law, seconded by Mr. Cham- bers, the persons whose names were read at the preceding meeting were elected to mem- bership. New names presented were: Chas. T. Vorhies, Tucson, Ariz., and T. K. Mar- shall, Tucson, Ariz., by Mrs. J. W. Wheeler; Miss Ella Jeremy, and James Anthony Mul- len, of Salt Lake City, Utah, by Mrs. A. O. Treganza; Miss Cordelia Johnson Stan- wood, Elsworth, Maine, and John D. Bliss, Santa Monica, Calif., by W. Lee Chambers. Pres. Miller announced that an ordinance, sponsored by the Audubon Society, was about to be presented to the City Council, providing for the licensing and belling of cats. He stated that the executive commit- tee of the Cooper Club had endorsed the movement and asked for approval of the members present, which approval was un- animously given. On motion of Mr. Law the following res- olution was adopted: RESOLVED, that in the death of Professor Wells W. Cooke, whose long years of patient labor have added so greatly to our knowledge of birds and their habits, ornithology has suffered a most se- vere loss; and that the Cooper Club does hereby deplore his untimely death as a loss not only to the Club collectively, but to each individual member. lecent field work at Palm Springs, Calif., by Messrs. Law and Miller, the Misses Swift and Atsatt, formed an interesting topic of informal discussion. Adjourned.-- L. E. WYMAN, MAY.--The regular meeting of the South- ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, May 25, 1916. President Miller was in the chair, and the following members present: Messrs. Daggett, Howell, Holland, Colburn, Brown, Little, Robertson, Law and Wyman, and Mrs. Law. Visitors were C. W. Chamberlain, of Boston, and Miss Marsh. Minutes of the April meeting were read and approved, followed by reading of the minutes of the Northern Division. On mo- tion of Mr. Robertson, seconded by Mr. Daggett, the Secretary was instructed to cast the electing ballot Of the Club for the persons whose names were proposed at the April meeting. There being no other business to come before the Club; the members listened to an interesting talk on ornithological condi- tions in the vicinity of Tucson, Arizona, by Mr. A. B. Howell, who returned some weeks ago from four months of field work in that locality. Messrs. Brown and Colburn spoke on recent field work at San Jacinto Lake, in Riverside County, where some interesting notes were made. Adjourned.--L. E. WY- MAN, ecretary. INTER-MOUNTAIN CHAPTER APrJL.--The Inter-Mountain Chapter of the Cooper Ornithological Club met on the evening of April 12, 1916, at the office of Mr. D. Moore Lindsay, Boston Building, Salt Lake City Utah. In the absence of both President and Vice-president, Mr. A. O. Tre- ganza opened the meeting at 8:30 P.M. Members in attendance were: A.D. Boyle, J. Sugden, Jr. and Sr., Prof. J. H. Paul, Mr. and Mrs. A. O. Treganza, Mrs. J. A. Mullen, Miss Ella Jeremy and three visitors. Min- utes of the March meeting read and ap- proved. Mrs. A. O. Treganza gave her observa- tions and field data on the nesting ways and habits of the American Avooet. An open discussion followed in which many ideas were projected for the growth and development of the Chapter. Different phases of Ornithology--Scientific, Economic and Popular Ornithology--were also dis- cussed. Meeting adjourned at 10:15 P. MRS. A. O. TREGANZA, Secretary.