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 May, 1917 MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 105 MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS NORTIIERN DIVISION JANu^.--The regular meeting of the Northern Division of the Cooper Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, the evening of January 18, 1917, at eight o'clock. The following members were pres- ent: Messrs. Carriger, Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Storer and Swarth, Mesdames Al- len, Meade, Schlisinger and Wythe. The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved. Miss Emma Ward of Alameda and four others, whose applications had been sent to the Southern Division, were elected to mem- bership, and the following names were pro- posed: Mrs. Harriet P. Kelley, Berkeley, by H. C. Bryant; C. R. Smith, San Francisco, by Harold E. Hansen. The election of officers for the year 1917 was then called for, and the secretary was instructed by vote of the Club to cast the ballot for the following: for President, Dr. Barton W. Evermann; for Vice-president, Rev. W. A. Squires; for Secretary, Mrs. J. T. Allen. Dr. Grinnell then gave a short talk on "An invasion of Goshawks into California", showing specimens to prove that the records of this winter are of the American Goshawk and not of the western subspecies. Two more specimens of the "Tule Goose", a giant form of the White-fronted Goose, found to be quite numerous in the marsh lands of the Sacra- mento Valley, were exhibited by Mr. Swarth. Many informal observations were contrib- uted by .different members present, after which the meeting adjourned.--AMEL^ S. ALLEN, Secretary. FEBaU^a.--The regular meeting of the Northern Division of the Cooper Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology on the evening of February 15 at 8 o'clock. The meeting was called to order by the President, Dr. Evermann, with a large num- ber present, among whom were Messrs. An- derson, Bryant, Carriger, Dixon, Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Heinemann, Lastreto, Little john, Ray, Squires, Storer, Swarth, Webb, Wriglt; Mesdames Allen, Alexander, Bryant, Culver, Dixon, Field, Lueddemann, Kelley, Meade, Newhall, Price, Ray, Schlisin- ger, and Wythe. Visitors: Mrs. Elliott, Miss Straight, Miss Butt, Mr. Martens, and Mr. Meade. The minutes of the January meeting were read and approved, and those of the Decem- ber and January meetings of the Southern Division were read. Mrs. Harriet P. Kelley and Mr. C. R. Smith, whose names were proposed at the January meeting, were elect- ed to membership. Mrs. E.G. Witter, Berke- ley, was proposed for membership by Mrs. J. T. Allen, and eleven other names pro- posed at the December and January meet- ings of the Southern Division were submit- ted for approval. Plans for the meeting of the Pacific Divi- sion of the American Association for the Ad- vancement of Science, to be held at Palo Alto on April 5, 6 and 7, were announced by the President. Mr. Lastreto, recently elected President of the newly formed Au- dubon Association of the Pacific, told of the work awaiting them. On motion of Mr. .Swarth, the Northern Division adopted the resolutions passed by the Southern Division relative to the death of Dr. Mearns. A mo- tion offered by Mr. Storer that the Cooper Club pay the annual assessment of Five Dollars to the Pacific Division of the Am- erican Association for the Advancement of Science was approved. The Executive Committee then submitted for the approval of the Club the re-election of the present incumbents as business man- agers and editors of TI-IE CONDOR, namely: Business Managers, Messrs. Chambers and Law; Editor of THE COUOR, Dr. Joseph Grinnell; Associate Editor, Mr Harry S. Swarth. These were declared unanimously elected. Dr. Harold Bryant reported on laws before the Legislature relating to de- struction and conservation of bird-life. The business having been disposed of, the Club was privileged to hear an account of "The Home Life of Some Birds on the Shores of Alaska" by Mr. Joseph Dixon. The account was beautifully illustrated by lan- tern-slides made from photographs taken by Mr. Dixon during his nineteen months' sojourn on the ice-bound seas beyond Point Barrow. Adjourned.--A{EL S. ALLEN, Secretary. SOUTtIEPN DIVISION FErRUAR.--Regular monthly meeting was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art. The following members were present: Messrs. Bishop, Brown, Colburn, Howell, Holland, Huey, Lamb, Little, Miller, Nokes, Van Rossem, Willett and Wyman. Mr. Paul Hartman was a visitor. Minutes o the January meeting were read and approved. On motion, the secretary was instructed to cast an electing ballot for the four persons