CONTENTS 



Life History of the California Coador. Part II. — Historical Data and Range of the 



Condor (with four photos by Bohlman and the author) . . . William L. Finley 5 



The Locust-destroying Birds of the Transvaal Dr. Frederick W. D^ Evelyn 10 



Nesting of the Western Horned Owl in Colorado (with two photos) . R. B. Rockwell 14 



Northwestern Colorado Bird Notes (with two photos and map). .Edward R. Warren 18 



The Tawny Creeper in Western Washington (with two photos) .J. H. Bowles 27 



The Southern California Chickadee Joseph Grinnell 29 



Notes from the Diary of a Naturalist in Northern California (with two photos) 



I, .John F. Ferry 30 



An Arizona Nest Census F. C. Willard 44 



The New Reserves on the Washington Coast (with three photos) 



, William Leon Dawson 45 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Field Notes from Central California .J. R. Pemberton 50 



Dafila acuta breeding at Buena Vista Lake, Kern Co., California. . C. B. Linton 50 



The Common Tern and Ruddy Turnstone in Southern California . . .G. Willett 50 



The Pacific Fulmar in San Diego Bay C, B. Linton 50 



Is the Mountain Bluebird Resident at«High Altitudes Austin Paul Smith 50 



Editorials 51 



Publications Reviewed 52 



Minutes of Cooper Club Meetings 56 



Entered as second-class matter May 1906 at the post oflSce at Pasadena, California. 

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