CONTENTS. 



VOL. XVI, NO. 12, DECEMBER, 1S91. 



Reminiscences Frank A. Bates 177 



Habits ot the California Partridge (Callipepla caliornica. I . Clarlc P. Streator 179 



LateNestingof the Bob Wliite Benjamin Hoag ISO 



An Afternoon Ramble Carl Fritz HenniuK 180 



Editorial 181 



A Labrador Duck for Sale 181 



Brief Notes 181 



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