174 THE CONDOR Vol. XVIII lesser yellowlegs shall be between Decem- ber i and August 15 next following, except as follows: Exception: In Utah the closed season shall continue until the open season in 1918. Jac/cs?ipe.--The closed season on jack- snipe or Wilson snipe shall be between De- cember 16 and September 15 next following. Woo?coclc.--The closed season on wood- cock shall be between December i and Sep- tember 30 next following, except as fol- lows: Exceptions: In lllinois and Missouri the closed season shall continue until the open season in 1918. Regulation 8. Closed Seasons in Zone No. 2. Waterlow?.--The closed season on water- fowl, including coots and gallinules, shall be between February i and October 14 next following, except as follows: Exceptions: In Alabama, Arkansas, Dis- trict o'f Columbia, Delaware, Florida, Geor- gia, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, and Virginia, the closed season shall be be- tween February 1 and October 31 next fol- lowing. Rails.--The closed season on sora and other rails, excluding coots and gallinules, shall be between December I and August 31 next following, except as follows: Exceptions: In Louisiana the closed sea- son shall be between February I and Octo- ber 31; and In California the closed season shall con- tinue until the open season in 1918. ?horebir?ls.--The closed season on black- breasted and golden plover and greater and lesser yellowlegs shall be between Decem- ber I and August 15, next following. Jac?s?i?0e.--The closed season on jack- snipe or Wilson snipe shall be between February i and October 31 next following. Woo?lcoc?.--The closed season on wood- eoek shall be between January i and Octo- ber 31 next following. Hegulation 9. Hearings. Persons recommending changes in the regulations or desiring to submit evidence in person or by attorneys as to the necessity for such changes should make application .to the Secretary of Agriculture. Hearings will be arranged and due notice thereof giv- en by publication or otherwise as may be deemed appropriate. Persons recommend- ing changes should be prepared to show the necessity for such action and to submit evi- dence other than that based on reasons of personal convenience or a desire to kill game during a longer open season. MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS NORTHERN DIVISION APR?L.--The regular meeting of the North- ern Division of the Cooper Ornithological Club was held at the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, April 20, 1916, at eight o'clock, with the following persons present: Misses Davidson, Miller, Swezy; Mesdames Allen, Bryant, Ferguson, Grinnell and Knappen; Messrs. Anderson, Bryant, Cohen, Davis, Evermann, Grinnell, Hansen, Hart, Jacob- sen, Joseph Mailliard, Stone, Storer, Swarth and Trenor. Visitors: Mesdames Stone and Swarth, Miss Ferguson and Dr. Waterman. After the reading of the minutes of the two Divisions and of the Intermountain Chapter, the following were elected to mem- bership: Pirie Davidson, San Hafael; Dr. Frank B. Davis, Oakland; E. N. Hart, Ala- meda; S. Griswold Morley, Berkeley; Web- ster Hobinson, Los Angeles; Norman H. Wood, Ann Arbor, Mich.; Donald D. Mc- Lean, Coulterville; Ed. C. Jaeger, Palm ,Springs; and Edw. Howe Forbush, Boston. The following names were proposed for membership: Margaret S. Boardman, 3022 Clay St., S. F., by Harold E. Hansen; Joseph J.. Webb, 519 California St., S. F?, by Miss Amy E. Gunn; De Leech Martin, 1223 S. Washington Ave., Marshall, Tex., by Mr. Carriger; Thomas H. Benton, 2821 Van Bu- ren St., Alameda, and Dr. Morton H. Gib- bons, 3979 Washington St., San Francisco, by D. A. Cohen; Mrs. G. Hoag, Anaheim, by H. C. Bryant; Cora Smedburg, Felton, by Margaret Wythe; Dudley S. De Greet, San Francisco, by A. E. Price; Mattie Beth Morgan, Fort Worth, Tex., by J. B. Litsey, Jr.; Charles N. Black, San Francisco, He- land F. Hussey, Ann Arbor, Mich., 11alph E. Dodge, Santa Cruz, and Benj. F. Bolt, Kan- sas City, by W. Lee Chambers; Aldo Leo- pold, Albuquerque, N.M., and Mrs. P. H.. Winston, Chloride, .N.M., by J. Stokeley Ligon. Mr. Grinnell then offered a resolution relative to the death of Professor Wells W. Cooke (see CON?OR, May, 1916, page 131). This was unanimously adopted and ordered spread on the minutes. Dr. Evermann gave some interesting personal. reminiscences of Professor Cooke, telling of his methods of work and of his kindly hospitality. Letters from the Pacific Division of the American Association for the Advancement of Science were reported by Mr. Storer, urg- ing individual membership in that Associa- tion, with initiation fees remitted; and ask-
