Official Minutes of Northern Division
Official Minutes of Northern Division.
JULY
The Division met July 7 at the residence of Donald A. Cohen in Alameda, with eight members present and Mr. Forrest Hanford as a visitor. President Emerson presided. The following were elected to active membership in the Club: Messrs. J. 0. Snyder, Walter K. Fisher and Robt. E. Bruce of Stanford University and James M. Hyde of Palo Alto. A standing committee consisting of Messrs. E. K. Taylor, D. A. Cohen and W. O. Emerson was appointed to confer with the Sportsmen Protective Association this fall with reference to securing the passage of proper laws protecting wild birds not already afforded protection by the statutes. The following papers were read: “Notes on the Long-billed Curlew,” by P. M. Silloway; “The Northwest Crow,” by J.H. Bowles. Mr. Barlow then outlined the results of an expedition made by three of the members of the Cooper Club to the higher Sierras in June, and exhibited a number of skins and photographs by way of illustration. The Division atljourned to meet next at Santa Clara September 8.
C. BARLOW
Secretary.
