CONTENTS 



The Barrow Golden-eye in the Okanagan Valley, British Columbia../. A. Munro 3 



The Destruction of Birds at the Lighthouses on the Coast of California (with 



two photos and map) Walter Albion Squires and Harold E. Hansen 6 



Early Autumn Birds in Yosemite Valley ...Joseph Mailliard 11 



A Note on the Tracheal Air-sac in the Ruddy Duck.... Alexander Wetw.ore 19 



Notes on Some Birds from Central Arizona H. 8. Swarth 20 



A Return to the Dakota Lake Region j Florence Merriam Bailey 24 



The Breeding Birds of Bexar County, Texas 



Roy W. Quillin and Ridley Holleman 37 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



An Eastern Record for the Townsend Solitaire John B. Litsey 



44 



Corrections Alex Walker 



44 



Lesser Yellow-legs and Pectoral Sandpiper In San Mateo County, Cali- 

 fornia ... Chase Little John 



44 



The Eastern Kingbird in California Again Loye Miller 



Northern Owls Again Visit Washington •/. H. Bowles 



September Notes from Keddie, Plumas County, California 



Austin Paul Smith 



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The Status of the White-rumped Petrels of the California Coast 





J. Grinnell 



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EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 



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PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 



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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. 



