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CONTENTS The Effect of Natural Enemies on the Nesting Habits of some British Ilonduras Birds (with four photos) i?[orton E. Peck .53 Nesting of the Western Evening Grosbeak (Hesperiphona vespertiaa montana (with one photo) t v. C. Willard 60 The Status of the California Bicolored Blackbird {with two pilotos) Joseph i?[ailliard 63 Habits of the Black-capt Vireo (l/ireo alricapillus) (with two photos) C. 1). Bunker 70 The Nesting of the Frazar Oyster-catcber PinKree L Osburn 73 A Glimpse of Bird Life on the West Coast of Mexico .... Chester Lamb 74 FROM FIELD AND STUDY A Pink-legged Tern ....... J.H. ?Rowles 79 The Western Winter ?:ren-(?i?-?us hiemalls pa?i?-us)in the Yosemite ttradford Torry 79 The Ring-neckt Duck (3Iari)? collaris) in Colorado: A Correction E. R. Warren 79 The Little Brown Crane in California .................... S..4. ttuturlin 80 The .Bobolink in Idaho ........ H. C. Tracy 80 A Booby (Sula sula) on the West Coast of Mexico Pingtee L Osburn 80 The Bluebird (Sialia sialis) in Park Connty, Montana .4relas .4. Saunders 80 The Cinnamon Teal (Ouerquedula cyanoplera) wintering at Santa Barbara .......................... Bradford Torry 80 Accidental Trapping of Raptor?s - .. Pzngree I Osburn 80 Singing of the Female Slate-colored l?x Sparrow ..... .4retas .4. Saunders 80 EDITORIAL NOTES AND N?ws ...................... 81 Obituary notice of John F. Ferry ........ 81 PUBLICATIONS R?VI?W?D .................... 81 MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MI?I?TINGS .......................................... 83 Entered as second-class matter February, x9o8, at the post office at Los Angeles (Hollywood Station), California, under Act of Congress of March ?, 1879. Issued trom The Office of The Condor, First National Bank Building, Hollywood, Cal. FOR-SALE, EXCHANGE AND WANT COLUM In this space nlembers o! the C. O. C. are allowed one notice of about 35 words in each issue free of charge. Books and magazines can be offered for sale or ex- change; bird skins and sets of eggs can be offered in exchange, but NOT FOR SALE. Notices must be written on one side only o! a clean sheet o! paper. For this department address W. LEE CHAMBERS, SANTA MONICA, CALIFORNIA. FOR SALE--At two thirds regular price, pre- paid, the following books, ie: N. A. Land Birds, Baird, Brewcr and Ridgway, 3 vols.; N. A_ Birds's Eggs, Reed; Birds of the Rockies, Keyset; Birds of Ontario, McIlwraith; The Woodpeckers, Eckstorm; Nature and the Camera, Dugmore; Am. Birds, Finley; Hand- book of Birds of Western U.S., Bally; Bird Life, Chapman; and one copy of Hawks and Owls of U.S. by Fisher, at 56.00 in good condition.--CLARENCE H. LUTHER D. D. S. Pi?yetteville, Ark. WANTEDnA. 1 sets of 18---20-x25--?28--105 --2-- 106.1 -- 108.1--110--194a--201a--264?277 ? ? 352a -- 372 ?377a--379--379a--387a--393e? 394B ? 394e? 395?--398--399--403---405. Many othera.?A. E. PRICE, Grant Park, Ill. WANTED. Part lI, of Ne?vton's Dictionary of Birds. Offer a varied choice in exquisitely prepared skins of Lower Rio Grande birds: or cash if desired.?AusTI? PAUL SMITH, ?OX 14l, Brownsville, Texas. WANTED?Nidiologist, vo?, I, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5., 6, 8, 10, 11; VOL. II, nos. 2, 8, 11; voI? III, nos. 1, 2; voL. iv, no. 9.--O. WIDMANN, ?10.J l[lorgan St., St. Louis, Mo. W.?NTED--Audubon Magazine, VOL. t, no. 2; Loon, no. 1; Observer, vol vii, no. 1; VOL. viii, nos. 9--12; Iowa Ornithologist, VOL. IV, nos. 1 and 3; Journ. Maine Orn. Soc., nearly all; Agassiz Journal, nos? 1, 2, 4, and later; and many others. Can offer desirable bird maga- zines, skins and eggs. Send Iist.--FRANK L. BURNS, ?Rerwyn, Pa. FOR EXCHANGE?Birds of North and Mid- die America, Ridgway, vols. 1, 2, and $. Bound Half Morocco, as new. For bird or mammal skins.--W. L. BURNE'rT, Care of The Loveland 2Pry Goods Co., Loveland, Colo. WANTED?Volumes IX and x {1875, 1876} of The American Naturalist--Cash will be paid. --THAvER MUSEUM, Lancaster, ltIass. When replytug to advertisements please mention THE CONDOR