CONTENTS 



Further Notes on the White-throated Swifts of Slover Mountain (with four 



photos) : Wilson G. Hanna 3 



Birds of the Humid Coast .....Florence Merriam Bailey 8 



The Townsend Solitaire >. Forrest 8. Hanford 13 



Further Notes on the Birds of Forrester Island, Alaska George Willett 15 



The Subspecies of Hesperiphona vespertina (with three drawings) 



Joseph Grinnell 17 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Western Belted Kingfisher Breeding in San Diego County, California 



: , N. K. Carpenter 22 



Another Alaska Record for the Mourning Dove George Willett 22 



The Florida Gallinule in San Francisco County Harold E. Hansen 22 



The Valley Quail Occupying Nests of the Road-runner (with one 



photo) :..— Harold M. Holland 23 



Game Bird Conditions in Sutter County, California F. W. Henshaw 24 



The Snowy Owl in Humboldt County, California Franklin J. Smith 24 



Western Grebe Breeding in Southern California I. D. Nokes 24 



Notes on the Western Grasshopper Sparrow J. R. Pemoerton 24 



The Baird Sandpiper in the State of Washington /. Hooper Bowles 25 



Vermilion Flycatcher near Los Angeles I. D. Nokes 25 



How Does the Shrike Carry its Prey C. 0. Esterly 25 



Notes on the California Jay in Humboldt County C. I. Clay 25 



EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 26 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 26 



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