CONTENTS 



Photographing Magpies (with 7 photos) Edward R. Warren 5 



Magpies on the La Plata M. French Gilman 9 



Among the Gulls on Klamath Lake (with 3 photos by Herman T. Bohlman) 



_ William L. Finley 12 



Experiences With the Dotted Canyon Wren tVright M. Pierce 15 



Nesting of the Pine Siskin in California (with 2 photos). . . .; 



H. W. Carriger and J. R. Pemberton 18 



A Season With the Pacific Horned Owl .'..Nelson Carpenter 20 



Birds Observed From Marysville to Grass Valley i Louis Bolander 22 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Feeding Habits of the Lewis Woodpecker ...H. W. Marsden 27 



Notes From Placer County, California Ernest Adams 27 



Band-tailed Pigeons at Santa Barbara Reginald Rogers 28 



A Notable Sparrow's Nest H. R. Taylor 28 



The Alaska Water-thrush in California Joseph Grinnell 28 



Another New Record for Marin County, California .Joseph Mail lard 28 



The English Sparrow in Los Angeles County /. Eugene Law 28 



EDITORIAL 29 



PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 30 



MINUTES OF THE COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 31 



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