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Bird - Lore 



The Condor. — In the leading article of 

 the July number of 'The Condor,' entitled 

 'The Grebes of Southern Oregon,' Finley 

 gives an interesting account of the habits of 

 the Western and American Eared Grebes 

 and calls attention to the ruthless manner in 

 which the birds have been destroyed for the 

 millinery trade. Five illustrations from pho- 

 tographs by Bohlman show the old birds, the 

 young and the nests. One figure shows clearly 

 the curious habit the old birds have of carry- 

 ing the chicks on their backs. ' Nesting Habits 

 of Phainopepla nitens,' by Harriet Williams 

 Myers, contains the results of some observa- 

 tions of these interesting birds made near 

 Garvanza, in the vicinity of Los Angeles. 



A brief, but important, illustrated article 

 on 'The Thick-billed Parrot in Arizona' is 

 contributed by Austin Paul Smith, who 

 states that a flock of Parrots estimated at 

 700 or 1,000 was observed in the Chiricahua 

 Mountains in August, 1904. He expresses 

 the opinion that the birds are "not nearly 

 as casual as supposed." 'Summer Birds of 

 a Prairie Lake,' by G. Willet, is an account 

 of collecting experiences in northeastern 

 Montana in 1903. Under the title 'Measur- 

 ing a Condor,' M. French Gilman gives notes 

 on several California Condors seen near 

 Werner Ranch and San Jacinto Peak in San 

 Diego county, and near Bear Valley in San 

 Bernardino county. The specimen measured 

 had an expanse of nine feet, ten and one-half 

 inches. Finley adds some brief 'English 

 Sparrow Notes' illustrated by a photograph 

 of a Sparrow's nest built inside of a hornet's 

 nest. Among the short notes ' From Field and 

 Study,' Torrey records the Vermilion Fly- 

 catchers at Santa Barbara, California; Beck 

 adds several species to the list of birds known 

 from Clipperton and Cocos Islands; Finley 

 records the Magnolia Warbler from Salem, 

 Oregon; and Felger the Prothonotary War- 

 bler from Colorado. 



The 'Directory of the Cooper Ornitho- 

 logical Club,' published in this number, 

 shows that the Club has two honorary and 

 229 active members, and has lost seventeen 

 members by death.— T. S. P. 



The Wilson Bulletin.— Four numbers 

 of the 'Wil«on Bulletin' have appeared since 



the journal was last noticed in these columns. 

 They are filled with the usual annotated lists 

 and popular sketches of bird-life. 



The September, 1906, number contains a 

 short sketch of the birds of Clayton county,, 

 Iowa, by A. R. Sherman, an annotated list 

 of common birds of Whittier, California, 

 by E. Craigmile, based on six months' obser- 

 vation — far too short a time to warrant 

 publication for a region so well known — 

 'A Purple Martin Roost,' by P. A. Taverner; 

 'A Glimpse of the Birds of Second Lake,. 

 Coos county, N. H., by C. H. Rogers; 

 'August Days with the Birds,' by L. Jones,^ 

 locality not mentioned — and 'Two Days 

 with Beach Birds and Botanists' at Stone 

 Harbor, N. J., by C. J. Hunt. 



In the December number J. Henderson 

 describes the birds observed on a trip through- 

 northeastern Colorado; the editor presents an 

 anonymous list of 'Birds of Cleveland, Ohio," 

 which had perhaps better have been preserved 

 in manuscript until something could be 

 learned of the author; F. H. Hall writes of 

 'Some Western Adirondack Birds,' and L. 

 Jones on 'Some Migration Records in Cedar 

 Point, Erie County, Ohio.' 



In the March, 1907, number, W. F. Hen- 

 ninger writes at length on the 'Paradise of 

 Germany;' G. C. Fisher describes the 'Nest- 

 ing of Bald Eagles at Lewistown, Ohio ; and 

 C. J. Hunt gives a list of 'August Birds of 

 Lake Sebago, Maine,' with a description of 

 the locality. A list of 'Birds of Summit, 

 N. J.,' by the late L. K. Holmes, is published 

 and Lams frankUnii and Ammodramus 

 lecontei are added to the Ohio list. 



The issue for June contains the first in- 

 stalment of an important paper on 'Birds of 

 Point Pelee,' by P. A. Taverner and B. H. 

 Swales, which promises to be one of our best 

 contributions to the bird-life of the Great 

 Lakes. O. Widmann discusses 'Spring 

 Migration Anomalies in 1907,' a subject 

 which we trust may receive further attention 

 from observers elsewhere. Other papers are 

 'Notes on the Broad-winged Hawk,' by R. 

 W. Shufeldt; 'Our Bird Bath,' by C. F. 

 Schautz; 'Ruby-throats,' by C. J. Hunt, and 

 'Walter J. Hoxie,' by F. L. Burns. 



Numerous short notes appear as usual in 

 each number of the Bulletin. — ^W. S. 



