CONTENTS
IN MEMORIAM: Chester Barlow (with portrait) Henry Red Taylor 3
The Ornithological Writings of Chester Barlow Joseph Grinnell 8
Nesting of the Townsend Solitaire (two half-tones) A. W. Anthony 10
Nesting of the Abert Towhee M. French Gilman 11
The Author of "Birds of North and Middle America" (with portrait) 13
Notes on Pine Siskins Chas. W. Bowles 15
The Band-tailed Pigeon in San Diego County C. S. Sharp
FROM FIELD AND STUDY Voracity of Albatrosses Lyman Belding 17
Sterna paradisea in Southern California Frank S. Daggett 17
The Number of Feathers in a Bird Skin R. C. McGregor 17
Do Wild Birds Die Instantly? Joseph Mailliard 17
The Fall Migration of Oreortyx pictus plumiferus Lytnan Belding 18
Do Quail, Lophortyx californicus vallicolus, Remove Their Eggs? Ernest Adams 18
Frozen Toes Joseph Grinnell 18
Food of Anna Hummingbird F. C. Clark 18
Wood Ibis in Southern California Frank S. Daggett 18
A Rare Land Bird Taken at Sea R. C. McGregor 19
Cryptoglaux acadica acadica in Placer County Ernest Adams 19
Late Nesting of Arkansas Goldfinch John M. Miller 19
The Snowflake and Other Unusual Birds at Marysville Lyman Belding 19
Peculiar Habits of a Black Phoebe Ernest Adams 19
Destruction of Birds' Eggs: A Query Ernest Adams 19
Mossy Murres Joseph Grinneli 20
The Hummingbirds of Escondido and Vicinity Nelson Carpenter 20
Continuation of a Record J. Grinnell 20
Further Notes on the Pine Siskin J H. Bowles
THE ED1T0R'S BOOK SHELF Bailey's "Handbook of Western Birds" (half-tome) 21
Ridgway's "Birds of North and Middle America" 22
Henshaw's "Birds of the Hawaiian Islands" 23
CORRESPONDENCE From Frank M. Chapman 24
From H. R. Taylor
GENERAL NEWS NOTES 25
MINUTES OF CLUB MEETINGS 26
EDITORIALS 28
Directory of Members of the Cooper Ornithological Club 29
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