CONTENTS 



A California Beach i 



In the Estero 44 



An Exciting Forenoon 58 



A Long Procession 70 



A Visitation of Swans 80 



My First Condor . . » . . . . 93 



My First Water-Ouzels 100 



An Unsuccessful Hunt m 



Yellow-billed Magpies 121 



Some Rock-haunting Birds .... 130 



Under the Redwoods 139 



In the Santa Cruz Mountains . . .149 



Reading a Check-List 160 



On Foot in the Yosemite 170 



A Bird-Gazer at the Grand Canon . . 204 



