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 196 THE CONDOR Vol. XX Minutes of the March and April meetings were read and approved. On motion by Mr. Reis, the Secretary was instructed to cast an electing ballot for the parties whose names were proposed for membership at the last meeting. New names presented were: Harry Stephen Ladd, St. Louis, Mo., by Mr. Chambers; Miss Lillian Holbert, Fort Worth, Texas, by John B. Litsey; and M. Herrick Spaulding, Bozeman, Montana, by W. P. Taylor and J. Grinnell. A letter from the Chairman of the Massa- chusetts Fish and Game Commission, re- garding the status of the Heath Hen, also an extract on the same subject, from the annual report of that Commission, were read. These showed a sad decrease in num- bers, attributed to a fire which destroyed breeding birds, cover and food. In the general discussion Mr. Reis and others told of finding many nests of smaller birds occfipied by. white-looted mice, which had destroyed the eggs or buried them in the nest material. Mr. Brown commented upon the great fihmbers of White-throated Swifts seen in Tahquitz Canyon, and upon the inding of a white Fulmar. dead upon the beach recently. The unusual number of Western Tanagers this spring also was men- tioned. Business ended, the members spent a most enjoyable hour in Mr. Chambers' splendid library, and in search of birds about the spacious grounds. An interesting feature was the nest of a Costa Hummer fitted neatly to the top of a section of bam- boo fish pole, of nearly the same diameter as the nest, and in use as a support for a small tree. Adjourned.--L. E. WYMAN, Sec- retary. Jv.E.--The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological Club, was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, at 8:00 r. M., June 27, 1918. In the absence of president and vice-presi- dent, Mr. Daggett was acclaimed chairman of the meeting. Other members present were Messrs. Hanaford, Holland, Moran, Reis, Robertson, Shepardson and Wyman. Mrs. Moran, Miss Ingram, and two other la- dies were visitors. Minutes of the May meeting were read and approved, followed by reading of minutes of April and May meetings of the Northern Division. On mo- tion by Mr. Shepardson the secretary was instructed to cast an electing ballot for the parties whose names were presented at the previous meeting. H. E. McMinn, Professor of Biology, Whittier College, was proposed for membership by ]Jr. C. O. Esterly. On proper motion the members unanimously approved the action of the Northern Divi- sion in establishing an absentee list, with re- mission of dues, for members resigning to enter army service. In the general discussion that followed the formal business meeting several mem- be?s related recent experiences in the field. Mr. Reis lroduced a specimen'of the mouse that he had reported at the May meeting as having occupied many nests of small birds in the canyons of the Palos Verde hills, to the destruction of eggs and young; it proved to be the common house mouse. A tray of skins of finches, longspurs, etc., re- ceived the usual attention. Adjourned.--L. E. WYMAN, Secretary. JvLY.--The regular monthly meeting of the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological Club, was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, at 8:00 r. M., July 25, 1918. President and vice-president being absent, Mr. F. S. Daggett was named as chairman of the meeting. Other members present were Messrs. Brouse, Hanaford, Holland, Howard, Law, Owen, Robertson, Stormont, Swarth and Wyman. Mr. Hodgkins and Mrs. Howard were visitors. Minutes of the June meeting were read and approved. On motion by Mr. Robertson, the secretary was instructed to cast an electing ballot for Prof. H. E. McMinn, whose name was presented at the pre, vious meeting. New names pre- sented were: S. Herbert Jenks, Pasadena, and F. B. Hart, Jr., Oakland, by W. Lee Chambers; Reginald Hodgkins, Los Ange- les, by Virgil Owen. The following names were received from the Northern Division for approval: Dr. R. M. Leggert, San Fran- cisco; Adrey E. Borell, Fresno; and Fred- erick Alexander Schneider, San Jose. Business disposed of, the usual discussion of matters ornithological followed. Mr. Law spoke of conditions in the Bluff Lake local- ity of the San Bernardino Mountains, Mr. Howard told of a trip to the San Jacintos, also of a visit to Baldwin Lake, in the San Bernardtrios, where he saw a pure albino Eared Grebe, and Mr. Swarth mentioned a number of breeding birds of the University of California campus, at Berkeley, but which are known to breed in Transition zone only in southern California. Mr. Swarth also spoke briefly on economic work being done by the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, chief- ly among ground squirrels, and of field work done by himself in 1917 in the deserts of southern Arizona. Adjourned.--L. E. WYMAN, Secretary.