CONTENTS 



Notes on the Nesting Habits of the Clarke Nutcracker in Colorado (with 



four photos) W. G. Bradbury 149 



Red Letter Days in Southern California Florence Merriam Bailey 155 



Botta's Visit to California ...T. 8. Palmer 159 



Some Birds of the Davis Mountains, Texas Austin Paul Smith 161 



A New Race of Fox Sparrow, from the Vicinity of Mono Lake, California 



(with four drawings) Joseph Grinnell and Tracy I. Storer 165 



FROM FIELD. AND STUDY 



The Oldest American Ornithologist T. 8. Palmer 166 



A Portable Nest Ernest C. Mailliard 166 



The Black-footed Albatross off the Coast of Washington..^. A. Eitchin 167 



Nesting of the Wilson Phalarope near Fresno, California 



John G. Tyler 167 



Stomach Contents of an Oregon Ruffed Grouse Harold C. Bryant 168 



An Early Experiment in Keeping Hummingbirds in Captivity 



T. 8. Palmer 168 



Notes from the Southern Sierras D. I. Shepardson 168 



Nesting of the California Brown Towhee in San Francisco 



George W. Schussler 170 



Some Further Notes on San Francisco County Birds Milton 8. Ray 170 



EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 171 



PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 172 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 175 



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Station), California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 

 Issued from the Office of The Condor, First National Bank Building, Hollywood, California 



MEETINGS OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB 



Southern Division: At the Museum of History, Science, and Art, 

 Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Time of meeting, 8 p. m., the last Thurs- 

 day of every month; or on the Tuesday evening preceding, when the last 

 Thursday falls on a holiday. Take south-bound car from town ; on Spring 

 Street, the car marked " University ", on Hill Street the car marked "Ver- 

 mont and Georgia'*. Get off at Vermont Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street. 

 Walk two blocks east to Exposition Park. The Museum is the building 

 with the large dome. 



Northern Division: At the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Uni- 

 versity of California, Berkeley. Time of meeting, 8 p. m., the third 

 Thursday of every month. Take any train or car to University Campus. 

 The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is a large corrugated iron building 

 situated on the south side of the campus immediately north of the foot- 

 ball bleachers. 



