Official Minutes of Southern Division
Official Minutes of Southern Division.
.JANUARY.
The Division met Jan. 31 at the residence of Mr. H. S. Swarth in Los Angeles with nine members present, Messrs. Morcom, Hahn, Newkirk, Rivers and Rowan were preseut as visitors. Mr. Grinnell proposed the names of Dr. Newkirk and Mr. Hahn of Pasadena and Mr. Rivers of Los Angeles for membership. A bill for $4 for half-tones was ordered paid. Papers on the “Nesting of the Mexican Wild Turkey,” by O. W. Howard, and “The Little Brown Crane” and “The Red and Northern Phalaropes” by Joseph Grinnell were read. Adjourned.
FEBRUARY.
The February meeting was held at the residence of Mr. W. B. .Judson, Los Angeles, Feb. 28, Mr. Daggett presiding. Howard Rivers of Los Angeles, B. F. Hahn and Dr. Garrett Newkirk of Pasadena were elected to membership. Mr. Grinnell proposed the name of Burnell Franklin for active membership. Three papers from the Northern Division were read, consisting of a report on the work of the Bulletin for 1899 by C. Barlow; “Notes on Rallus obsoletus” by Ernest Adams and “Story of the Life of Chondestes grammacus strigatus” by W. L. Atkinson. Adjourned.
HOWARD ROBERTSON
Division Secretary
