THE NIDIOLOGIST. 



CONTENTS. 



Nesting of the Flamingo (illustrated) Dr. R. W. Shufeldl 



A Red Letter Collecting Trip (concluded) Scolopax 



Observations on the California Brown Pelican H. R. Taylor 



Domesticating Wild Ducks and Geese 



Nesting of the Mallard Duck (illustrated) C. Barlow 



Nesting of the Painted Bunting J. K. Strecker, Jr. 



Odd Situations for Nests Didymus 



Dr. Morris Gibbs (portrait) 



A Combat Between Quail Donald A. Cohen 



Grinuell's Water Thrush William L. Kells 



An Albino Red-tail Otto Emerson 



Cooper Ornithological Club (paper on the Pileolated and Yellow Warblers) 



Queer Places for Quail's Eggs Wilfred H. Osgood 



Editorial Notes — Comments of Naturalists 



Brief Notes of Interest 



The Pygmy Nuthatch Louis W. Brokaw 



White Eggs of the California Quail D. A. C. 



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