THE JOURNAL 



of the Museum of Comparative Oology 



Copyright, 1922, by William Leon Dawson 

 Intended eventually to be issued as a Quarterly, but now put out as an Annual 



VOL. II DOUBLE NUMBER NOS. 3 and 4 



The Journal is sent gratis to Members of the Museum of Comparative 

 Oology, of all classes, and to patrons of the institution. The subscription 

 price to all others is One Dollar and Fifty Cents (or Six Shillings) per 

 annum. Additional copies of this issue $1.25, postpaid. 



MSS. intended for publication, communications, field reports, inquiries, 

 and offers of exchange and cooperation, should all be addressed to the 

 Director, Museum of Comparative Oology, Santa Barbara, California. 



CONTENTS Page 



Colored Plate: Nest and Eggs of the Fulvous Tree Duck, Frontispiece 



Dedication of the Hazard Memorial '. 1 



The Memorial Address. Caroline Hazard 6 



The Nesting of the Sierra Nevada Rosy Finch, William Leon Dawson 8 



The Leuco Nestings of 1922, William Leon Dawson 19 



A Little-known American Bird, Rev. F. C. R. jourdain 26 



The Nesting of the Barnacle Goose in Spitsbergen, A. H. Paget Wilkes....28 



Some South African Repeaters, H. W. James 30 



A New Breeding Record for California, W. Leon Dawson 31 



Full-page Plate: The Cosiest Possible Nest of a Yellow Rail, to face 33 



Haunts and Breeding Habits of the Yellow Rail, Rev. P. B. Peabody 33 



The "Season" of 1918, W. L. D 44 



The Season of 1919, William Leon Dawson ..—45 



The Ethics of Collecting. A Brazier Howell 54 



Birds of Puysegur Point and Preservation Inlet, R. S. Sutherland 56 



The Barnes Catalog 60 



A Challenge to Exchange Men 62 



Museum Activities 63 



We are Ready, The Director 65 



With Ou r Members 67 



The Museum of Comparative Oology 



A chartered public institution devoted to the study of the Birds 

 of the world, their nests and eggs 



HONORARY VICE - PRESIDENTS 

 lion. Myron T. Herrick Dr. Nicholas Murray Butler 



BOARD OF TRUSTEES 



James Marwick, President William Leon Dawson, Sec. Fred H. Schauer 



Caroline Hazard, V. Pies. Ellen S. Chamberlain Clinton P. McAllaster 



Clinton B. Hale, V. Pres. Joel Remington Fithian John R. Pernberton 



Anne Stowe-Fithian, V. P. Rev. George F. Weld Cadwallader Washburn 



George S. Edwards, Treas. Ralph Hoffmann Frank C. W'illard 



