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144 THE CONDOR Vo!. XX ographic range of the form, concisely stated; the number of specimens in the Field Muse- um, with the localities represented. An as- terisk preceding a species name indicates its representation in the Museum collection (needlessly it would seem, since the speci- mens are listed), and a dagger preceding the number of specimens indicates that some are available for exchange. Descriptions are given of such species and subspecies as are not included in Ridgway's "Birds of North and Middle America" and the "Catalogue of Birds of the British Muse- um". This is one reason for the publication of Part i? prior to Part L which will await the completion of Ridgway's work, thereby covering forms already described by the lat- ter, and avoiding duplication of labors. In the present volume the birds of special interest to ornithologists of North America are the owls, kingfishers, goatsuckers, and hummingbirds. Recent studies are given liberal recognition, and many forms denied by the A. O. U. Committee, or else not passed upon by that body, are listed with brief comment upon their status. In this connection attention may be called to the remarks about Cryptoglaux acadica brooicsi (page 37, footnote) as common-sense com- ment upon a previously muddled situation. The ranges of the hummingbirds of west- ern North America as given are not quite so shaky as in the A. O. U. Checic-List, but the author "hedges" by not differentiating between breeding range and distribution at other seasons, lumping all under general statements. It is in just the manner in which this discrimination is made that the A. O. U. Checic-List is so largely at fault. Of minor errors of the kind that seem bound to creep into a book of this nature, atten- tion may be called to the following, as per- taining to western birds: On page 297, San Bernardino is misspelled twice in different ways, and Santa Margarita Island is wrong- ly described as adjacent to the coast of southern California. On page 29 the name bendirei is consistently mispelled on each of the several occasions on which it is used, and on page 44 hosicinsii is similarly mis- spelled. On page 129 Marin County is mis- spelled in giving the type locality of Phalaen- optilus nuttalli cali?ornicus. These blunders are not apt to give any trouble to Califor- nian ornithologists, but misspelled locality names are frequently bothersome to stud- ents at a distance, investigating a region with which they are not familiar. To bring together and to systematize the data necessary to a work as comprehensive as this "Catalogue" is an undertaking of no small dimensions, and ornithologists have occasion for gratitude to the author compiling such a hand-book, as well as to the institution that sponsors it.--H. S. SWARTH. MINUTES' OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS NORTHERN DIVISION JxNuxRY.--The regular meeting of the Northern Division of the Cooper Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, on the evening of January 17, 1918, at eight o'clock. Dr. Evermann was in the chair. There was an attendance of 43, the following members being present: Messrs. Bryant, Carriger, Davis, Dr. Davis, Dixon, Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Kibbe, Lastreto, Snyder, Swarth, van Straaten, and Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Bamford, Ferguson, Grinnell, Gunn, Kluegel, Knap- pen, Meade, Parsons, Randolph and Schles- inger. Among the visitors were Mrs. Ever- mann, Miss Ferguson, Mrs. Wheeler, Mr. Meade and Mr. Schlesinger. The minutes of the December meeting were read and approved and Mr. van Straa- ten was elected to membership in the club. Dr. R. ?I. Leggett, 607 Butler Bldg., San Francisco, was proposed for membership by Mr. Harold Hansen, and Mr. Adrey Borell, Route H, Box 31, Fresno, by Mr. J. Grin- nell. The resignation of Mrs. Margaret Boardman was accepted. A motion was carried that nominees for office for the coming year be elected by ac- clamation.' Mr. Lastreto presided, while the club elected Dr. Barton W. Evermann, presi- dent, Prof. J. O. Snyder, vice-president, Mrs. A. S. Allen, secretary, and Mr. A. S. Kibbe, representative on the committee for the con- servation of wild life. Prof. J. O. Snyder then spoke on the "col-' lecting of birds' eggs and the training of a naturalist", making a plea for the protection of the divine spark in the small boy, train- ing him in proper methods of collecting ma- terial and tabulating information. After some discussion the club adjourned.-- AMELIA S. ALLEN, Secretary. FESRUXRY.---The regular meeting of the Northern Division of the Cooper Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, February 21, at 8 r. ?. As both the presi- dent and vice-president were absent Mr. La- streto was asked to preside. The following members were present: Messrs. Anderson, Bryant, Cooper, ? Dixon, Grinnell, Hansen, Kibbe, Leggett, Lastreto, van Straaten, Swarth, Wheeler; Mesdames Allen, Bam- ford, Davidson, Ferguson, Grant, Grinnell, Gunn, Head, Knappen, Kibbe, Lombardi, Parsons. Visitors: Messrs. Austin, Hunt, Lombardi, Miss Ferguson, Miss Griffith, Mrs. Gunn, and Mrs. Wheeler.