The Avifauna. 



^^^j CONTENTS 



Color Plate of Condor's Egg Frontispiece. 



Cut of California Vulture '. 17 



Notes on California Condor, (illustrated) W. H. Hoffman 18 



A Double Nest, (illustrated) Lee Chambers 19 



What Others Say of Us 19 



Yellow Billed Magpie, (illustrated) C. Barlow 20 



The California Partridge— D. A. Cohen 22 



The Mexican Raven (illustrated) — Otto J. Zahn. 24 



Button's Vireo in Los Angeles, Cal., (illustrated) — Horace A. Gaylord....26 



Bryant's Marsh Sparrow^ — M. L. Wicks, Jr 27 



A Trip along the North Shore of Lake Superior — Frank S. Daggett 28 



Editorial 30 



Extracts from Fish and Game Laws of the State of California 31 



WANTED, FOR SALE. AND EXCHANGE,. 



Charges— First Insertion, 35 words for 50 cents. 



Second Insertion : 25 cents. 



Extra Words, one cent per word, cash with order. 



Dealers can only use these columns at regular rates. 



Strictly first-class specimens will be accep.ed at one-half 



list rates in payment for exchange notices 



Every subscriber is entitled to one exchange note of 35 



words. 



'PC EXCHANGE— U. S. and Hawaiian stamps 

 ■1 for British Colonies, in good condition. Scott's 

 54th as basis. Send me your sheets and receive 

 mine. Have fine lot of Foreign Stamps for sale 

 at 50 per cent off catalogue. Ref. Secy. Y. M. 

 C. A. and Ed. of this journal. F. G. Purssord, 

 R. 21 Y. M. C. A. Building. Los Angeles, Cal. 



\A7 OULD like to correspond with entomolo- 

 "' gists who have butterflies or beetles to ex. 

 Have about 35 varieties of California Lepodep- 

 tra constantly on hand also California bird eggs 

 in sets or singles for the above or for U. S. 

 and foreign stamps. O. W. Howard, 

 .___ Los Angeles, Ca l. 



\\/ANTED— To bear from all those having 

 »» old United Slates, Department and Brit- 

 ish Colonies stamps. Must be in first-class con- 

 dition. Will pay spot cash if prices are right. 

 J. H. Humphreys. P. O. Box 807 Los Angeles, Cal. 



\A/ AN TED— A 24c. Treasury— prefer unused. 

 ' ^ Have to exchange rare U. S. and foreign, 

 or will pay cash. Write, stating condition and 

 exchange desired. Edwin L. Viereck, 429 South 

 Spring St., Los Angeles, Cal. 



FOR SALE— DON'T READ THIS unless you 

 want to buy some eggs at bed-rock prices. 

 I have on hand between twenty and thirt}- va- 

 rieties of So. California eggs in sets with original 

 datas. Among others are Black Chin Hummers 

 @ 40c.; Costas Hummer (((} 60.; and Annas @ 40. 

 or the three above sets with nests sent prepaid, 

 for only I1.30. Full list sent on application. 



O. W. Howard, Los Angeles, Cal. 



FOR 35 cents in unused postage stamps I will 

 mail to any address post paid a fine moun- 

 ted specimen of the Tarantula, Horned Toad, 

 Scorpion or Centepede. For 50 cts. a Trap-door 

 Spider and nest. \Vm. F. Winkler, 320 South 

 Broadway, Los Angeles, Cal. 



CINE CABINET SPECIMEN OF AZURITE 

 ^ post paid from 25c to fi.oo. Queen Copper 

 from |i.oo to I5.00. Fine clear specimens of 

 Stalactics from 25c to I15.00. Will exchange any 

 of the above specimens for old U. S. stamps. 



C. J. R. Carson, 544 South Main Street, 

 Los Angeles, Cal. 



FOR EXCHANGE.— Eggs in sets, of this local- 

 ity for those of others, many with nests. 

 Desires correspondence from Colorado in regard 

 to exchanging notes and specimens. Have also 

 Butterflies to ex. A. I. McCormick, 92 Temple 

 Blk. Los Angeles, Cal. 



WANTED — Parties having back numbers in 

 good condition of the Yc^ung Oologist, 

 Oologist, O. & O., Auk, or Nidiologist to dis- 

 pose c>f, will please send list and lowest cash 

 price to \\\ S. Cobleigh, 527 E. 28th St., Los 

 Angeles, Cal. 



