CONTENTS 



Two Studies in Blue (with six photos by H. T. Bohlman) William L. Finley 121 



Some Experiences of a Collector, in Alaska Joseph Dixon 128 



Catalog of Birds Collected by W. W. Brown, Jr., in Middle Lower California 



, John E. Thayer and Outram Bangs 135 



Some Colorado Notes on the Rocky Mountain Screech Owl (with five photos) 



Robert B. Rockwell 140 



A Collecting Trip in Korea MdlcoLm P. Anderson 146 



The Gambel Partridge in California .M, French Gilman 148 



Nesting of the Bi-colored Blackbird (with one photo) H. F. Duprey 149 



Notes on the Pallid Wren-tit . . . . . . , Wright M. Pierce 151 



Some Birds of Southwest Colorado M. French Gilman 152 



The Rufous-crowned Sparrow in San Diego County (with one photo) 



Nelson K. Carpenter 158 



The Condor Fifty Years Ago , C.S. Sharp 160 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Pointers for the Field Natural ist Richard C. McGregor 161 



Destruction of Herons by a Hail-storm Junius Henderson 162 



Siphia erithacus Sharpe; a Correction .Richard C. McGregor 162 



EDITORIALS 



Biographical notice of John Lewis Childs (with portrait) _. , 163 



News Notes 164 



Obituary notice of William L. Ralph. 165 



COMMUNICATIONS 



The Possessive Form in Vernacular Nomenclature .Junius Henderson 165 



A Prize Bird Diary Frederick W. D'' Evelyn 166 



REVIEWS..; WalterP. Taylor, F. S. D. and W. O.E. 166 



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