CONTENTS A Partial List of the Birds of Keam Canyon^ Arizona (frontispiece) . , ,,A.IC, Fisher 33 Feathers Beside the Sty^ , , Edgar A, Meams 36 Some Unusual Nests of the Bullock Oriole (3 halftones) ....,., .€, S^ Sharp 38 The Phainopepla , *..**.,,..*, ...»...., M^ French Gilm&n 42 The Significance of Trinomiali . ,;,♦.*. * Witnur Stone 43 The Author of *' Birds of the Cape Region of Lower California'* (halJtone) .,__._.., . 46 Liat of Water Birds of Lake Valley, Central Sierra Heyada Mts^ CaL (halftone) MUton S. Ray 47 The Summer Birds of Waahoe Lake, Nevada , ,, , F, S. Hanford 50 Status of the Bicolored Blackbird in Southern CftHfomiA ,.,,F. S* Daggett 52 CORRESPONDENCE. On Certain ^Modern' Tendencies * ....*. ., , , Wilfred H. Osgood 53 A Proteat ,. Wm, Dutcher 53 An Answer ,♦..,, .P. M. SHloway. 54 EDITORIALS ,,..... , , * S6 Notice to Members of Southern Division , . , , » .,....._. 57 An Open Letter.,..,,,.,,/. _ _ ,..,.., Fred M. Ditie 57 Obituary: Thomas E. Slevin, George Shoenberger ChambliBs, Thomas Mcllwraith . , 57 Minute of Club Meetings , ,,.,...,, 58 ^ ^ ^ Manuscripts for publication* exchanges etc. should be sent to the Editor; subscription St advertisements and dues to the Business Manager, PALO ALTO. CALIFORNIA, HandbooK of Birds of tKe Western United States By FLOaEHCE MEII.RLAB1 BA1LEV Autk&¥of '^ Birds of V^iUagi &tfd J^ietd," etc. With 33 full- page plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes and over 600 text illusiratioas, l^tsa net. Pottage 19 cents. '*The work is the most complete test-book of regional ornithology which has ever been published. We (eel tempted to begin md end our review by urging everyone interested in the birds of our western state* to procure a copy of this 'Handbook' without delay*" — Mr. Frank M- Cbapman in Bird- Lore.
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