CONTENTS 



Among the Pelicans (with 8 photos by H. T. Bohlman) William L. Finley 35 



Migration and Nesting of the Sage Thrasher •. M . French Gilman 42 



An Experience With the South American Condor (with 3 photos by 



Messrs. Adams and Martin) Samuel Adams 44 



Nesting Ways of the Western Gnatcatcher Harriet Wtlliams Myers 48 



The California Distribution of the Roadrunner {Geococcyx calif ornianus) 



(with one map, and a line drawing by R. E. Snodgrass) . Joseph Grinnell 51 



Stray Notes From the Flathead Woods P. M. Silloway 53 



The New Check-List P. A. Taverner 55 



A Forgotten Reference to the Natural History of California. . . WaHer K. Fisher 57 

 FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Monterey Bay Notes Rollo H. Beck 58 



Nesting of the Sierra Creeper Joseph Grifmell 59 



Do Birds Desert Young? . . .. . W. L. Finley 59 



Puffinus creatopus in Alameda County, California . . W. Otto Emerson 60 



Another Record of the Alaska Water-thrush in California 



C. B. Linton 60 



Two New Winter Records from Tacoma, Washington . J. H. Bowles 60 



EDITORIALS 61 



COMMUNICATIONS 



Slaughter of Blue Jays Frederick W. D'' Evelyn 62 



Apropos Egg-collecting Rev. P. B. Peabody 63 



MINUTES OF THE COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 64 



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