626961The Condor — Volume 24, Issue 61922



THE CONDOR

A Magazine of Western Ornithology

Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithological Club


Entered as second-class matter January 25, 1922. at the post-office at Pasadena, California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Acceptance for mailing at special rate of postage provided for in Section 1105, Act of October 3, 1917. Authorized January 5, 1921.

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Issued December 19, 1922

CONTENTS

The Development of Young Costa Hummingbirds (with four photos) Robert S. Woods 189
Evidence of Musical "Taste" in the Brown Towhee Richard Hunt 193
Notes on the Yellow-billed Loon Alfred M. Bailey 204
Distribution of Molothrus ater in California, with the Description of a New Race Donald R. Dickey and A. J. van Rossem 206
FROM FIELD AND STUDY

The Capture of Water-fowl in Fish Nets

Frederick C. Lincoln 211
Northward Range of the Gray Vireo in California J. Grinnell 211
Two Birds from the Bitterroot Valley, Montana Bernard Bailey 212
Blackbirds Flocking L. B. Potter 212
Notes from Southwestern New Mexico R. T. Kellogg 212
Birds Eating Snails R. R. McLean 213
The Snowy Egret in Los Angeles County, California Mrs. F. T. Bicknell 213
Perching Pelicans W. E. Allen 213
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 14
COMMUNICATIONS

The Present Status of the Subspecies

A. J. van Rossem 215
Life Histories of North American Birds A. C. Bent 216
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 217
INDEX TO VOLUME XXIV 219

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