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since both species breed as far east as 

 North Dakota. Under the name Geo- 

 thlypis beldingi goldmani, Oberholser has 

 separated the Yellowthroat of the cen- 

 tral part of the Peninsula of Lower 

 California and has selected a specimen 

 from San Ignacio as the type of the new 

 form. 



The short notes include two records of 

 the breeding of the Sierra Junco at Berke- 

 ley in 191 7, some additional observations on 

 the occurrence of Goshawks in California 



during the winter of 19 16, and other notes 

 of interest. 



This number concludes Vol. XIX, 

 which contains 198 pages and shows a 

 reduction of 20 per cent from the size of 

 the previous volume. Doubtless present 

 high prices of paper and presswork are 

 responsible for the decrease in the number 

 of pages, but it is to be hoped that it will 

 not be necessary again to reduce the 

 volume below the limit attained a year 

 or two ago. — T. S. P. 



SNOWY OWL 



Photograph by H. and E. Pittman 



The accompanying photograph of a Snowy Owl was taken in Saskatchewan dur- 

 ing the severe winter of 1915-16. During that winter I must have seen nine or ten 

 different birds of this species — more than I have ever seen in a season before or since. 



A large straw-pile was left for the young cattle, with two portable granaries to 

 provide shelter. By making a detour it was possible to reach the long cattle-barn from 

 the house without going in sight of the straw-pile, and from the barn it was possible to 

 reach the granaries unseen; it was from one of these that the photographs were taken. 

 The Owl, and later on another one, stayed around the buildings and corrals two or three 

 weeks. — H. H. Pittman, Hartney, Manitoba. 



