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Jan., 1912 CONSTITUTION O17 COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 47 iii, pt. 3, Jan. 1904, pp. 185-186). Mr. J. B. Cleland reports the following finds from stomach examinations: Chrysomelid beetles, caterpil- lars of large hawk moth (Cequosia triangular- is), banksia month (Danima banksiae), looper caterpillars, beetles (??lator sp., ?11ic?la sp.), grubs, insect eggs, and bits of grasshoppers (Em? IX, pt. 4, April, 1910, p. 222). Hall adds to this list, spiders,[snails dud lizards (1. c., p. 106). Our author gives a somewhat longer account of the food of Graucalus melanotJs, but still falls short of an easy possibility. He says "the graucalus lives chiefly upon large insects such as manrids, phasmids and grubs. It is said to be fond of certain native berries and certain species of ants" (no. 10, p. 937). North says: "Stomachs that I have examined contained principally caterpillars, also the smaller species of Phasmidae and other soft-bodied insects, grasshoppers and a few small seeds and berries. It is very destructive in orchards and vine- yards, feeding upon all the softer kinds of fruit, such as mulberries, peaches, apricots, cherries, plmns, and bananas. From its fondness for the former fruit it is known in the Upper Clarence District, as the 'Mulberry bird.' About the vineyards at Albury it is one of the first birds to attack the grapes" (1. c., p. 104). Batey also notes that it devours grapes (Emu vIt, pt. 1, July, 1907, p. 5), another observer notes that it feeds on native figs (Emu v, pt. 2, Oct., 1905, p. 86), and Johncock thinks that it distributes mistletoe seeds (Emu v, pt. 4, April, 1906, p. 224). C.F. Cole reports it feeding on olives, caterpillars, spiders, beetles, and pick- ings from a cow skeleton, as well as on larvae of case moths (Psychidae) and of the painted apple moth (Teia anartoides) (Emu viii, pt. 3, Jan., 1909, pp. 154-155). Hall found two Cocci- nellid beetles and more ?than 100 ants in a single stomach of the "blue jay" (1. c., p. 92.). These are not all of the notes that could be given on these species, since the reviewer of course has seen by no means all of the eco- nomic references in publications on Australian ornithology. Our author's accounts of other species also lack details which a little searching of the ?5?mu and other standard publications would have supplied. This is especially notice- able in the case of the yellow-rumped tit (,qcanthiza chrysorrhoa), the cuckoo ( Cuculus inornatus), the magpie lark (Grallina picara), the white-fronted heron (Arotophoya; novae- hollandiae), and the wood swallow (.4rtamus tenebrosus). To be convincing, publications on the value of birds must present detailed proofs and it is regrettable that the comparatively small number available for Australian birds are not collected by the ornithologists most in- terested in securing their protection.wW. L McATEE. CONSTITUTION OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB ARTICLE I. Name and Objects See. 1. This society shall be known as the COOPl?R ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB. Sec. 2. The objects of this Club shall be the study and advancement of Ornithology, with special reference to western North America. ARTICLE II. Divisions and Chapters Sec. 1. This Club shall consist of two co- ordinate bodies known as the Northern and Southern Division respectively. The Northern Division shall hold its meetings at such places as it may determine upon in the cities about San Francisco Bay, and the Southern Division shall hold its meetings at such places as it may determine upon in the cities of Los Angeles County. Sec. 2. Local chapters outside the territory described as the home of the two Divisions may be instituted on application made by five or more members so located by residence as to render such chapter meetings a cofivenience. Such application shall be transmitted in writ- ing to either Division, and the same shall be acted upon by both Divisions in the same manner as upon applications for membership as hereinafter provided for. The powers and privileges of such chapters shall be as sub- sequently defined. ARTICLE IlL .?rembers Sec. 1. There shall be three classes of members of this Club, active, life, and honorary. Sec. 2. Any person interested in the study of birds and of not less than sixteen years of age shall be eligible to active membership. Sec. 3. Any active member may become a life member by paying into the treasury of the Club the suni of fifty dollars and notifying the secretary of his Division that he desires to be enrolled as a life member. Sec. 4. All applications for active or life membership shall be in writing, signed by the applicant and _by the member proposing him, and shall state the name and permanent post- office address of the applicant. Such applica- tions shall be forwarded to the Secretary of either Division, and he shall immediately upon receipt of same forward a copy to the Secretary of the other Division. Such applications shall be read at the first subsequent meeting of both