The secretary pro tem., read the minutes of the August meetings of the Northern and Southern divisions. Mr. Walter A. Stafford, Miss Helen Gilkey and Mrs. Elizabeth H. Price, together with the June and July nominees of the Southern Division, were elected to membership. Mr. William C. Boeck, Berkeley, and Mr. Frederick P. Sharer, San Diego, endorsed by Mr. A. L. Barrows, were proposed for membership in the Club. Proposals from the Southern Division were Dr. H. Gifford and Miss Bertha Elizabeth Crawford.
The business for the evening having been disposed of, Mr. W. L. Dawson led in a discussion of the relation of the California Jay to the nesting of small birds.—C. L. Camp, Secretary pro tem.
October.—The regular monthly meeting of the Northern Division was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, October 19, 1916. at 8 p. m., with the following members present: Messrs. Anderson, Dawson, Grinnell, Swarth, Squires, Storer, Lastreto, Wright, Evermann, Hansen, La Jeunesse; Mesdames Grinnell, Swarth, Schlisinger; Misses Wythe, Sweezy, and four visitors.
The minutes of the September meeting were read and approved, and the minutes of the Inter-Mountain Chapter were read. The names proposed at the September meeting, namely, Win. C. Boeck, Fred C. Sharer, Miss Bertha Elizabeth Crawford, and Dr. H. Gifford, were voted upon favorably and the persons declared members of the Club. Frank J. Steinmetz, 1021 Ramona Street, Palo Alto, was proposed for membership by J. O. Snyder, and Frances Webster Fish, 2325 Piedmont Avenue, Berkeley, was proposed by Mrs. J. T. Allen.
Mr. Swarth then gave an interesting review of work done on the recent field investigation carried on by himself and others in the Sierras. A discussion followed in which some of the unsolved problems of bird migration were considered. Dr. Grinnell questioned whether any birds ever nest at a low altitude and then later in the same season at a higher altitude. The fact was also brought out that while the varied thrushes are already plentiful in the Sierras no one had seen any in the San Francisco Bay region, suggesting that the representatives of this species to appear first are from the far northern and interior parts of north-western America, and that the coast birds move down the humid coast strip later.
The club then adjourned for informal discussion and comparison of personal observations.—W. A. Squires, Secretary pro tem.
SOOUTHERN DIVISION
September.—Regular monthly meeting of the Southern Division, Cooper Ornithological Club, was held at the residence of Dr. L. H. Miller, at 3:00 p. m., September 24, 1916, with President Miller in the chair, Mr. W. Lee Chambers as Secretary pro tem., and the following members present: Messrs. Appleton, Cookman, Cox, Chambers, Evan Davis, Edwards, Law, Miller, Pierce, Lawrence Peyton, Sidney B. Peyton; Mesdames Bicknell, Fargo, Law, Meyers, and Pleasants; and Misses Dodge, Drachman, Moore and Swift. Visitors were Dr. R. M. Anderson, Mrs. J. S. Appleton, Mrs. Foster Elliott, Mrs. R. M. Anderson, Miss Fargo, Miss Marsh, Miss Eda Mills, Miss Miquel and Miss Reaves.
The persons whose names were proposed at the August meeting were elected to membership, and the following were nominated: Dr. A. A. Hummell, Los Angeles, by Dr. L. H. Miller; Mrs. Foster Elliott, Los Angeles, by Mrs. H. W. Meyers.
The only business brought before the meeting was a letter from Dr. T. Gilbert Pearson—asking all bird friends to enter a protest with Secretary Franklin K. Lane against the throwing of Malheur Lake out of the bird-refuge list and allowing it to be drained and turned into agricultural land. A motion was made by J. Eugene Law, seconded by Mrs. Pleasants, instructing the Secretary of the Cooper Ornithological Club to write a vigorous letter of protest to Secretary Lane. Adjourned.—W. Lee Chambers, Secretary pro tem.
October.—Regular monthly meeting of the Southern Division was held at the Museum of History, Science and Art, October 26, 1916, with President Miller in the chair and the following members present: Messrs. Appleton, Brown, Colburn, Chambers, Daggett, Holland, Howell, Huey, Jesurun, Little, Miller, Tallman, Willeft, and Wyman, and Miss Palmer.
Minutes of the August and September meetings were read and approved, followed by reading of the minutes of the Northern Division for August, September and October, and of the Inter-Mountain Chapter for May, June and September.
Dr. A. A. Hummell, and Mrs. Foster Elliott, both of Los Angeles, were elected to membership on motion of Mr. Daggett, seconded by Mr. Chambers. Applications for membership were received from the following: Ridley Holleman, 215 Ogden St., San Antonio, Texas, by H. W. Carriger; Marion Randall Parsons, Mosswood Road, Berkeley,
