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Wanted — To hear from anyone having for 

 disposal copies of following: July- August, 

 1910, Bird-Lore; July, 1908, January, 1911, 

 and April, 1911, Auk.— H. M. Holland, 320 

 S. Gramercy Place, Los Angeles, Calif. 



AVanted — Audubon Magazine, vol. 2, no. 

 2 ; Bird News, vol. 1, no. 3 ; Forest and Field, 

 vol. 1, nos. 2, 4; Hawkeye Orn. and Ool., 

 vol. 1, nos. 6, 10; vol. 2, no. 4; Hoosier Nat. 

 vol. 1, no. 3; vol. 2, nos. 8, 10, 11, 12; Maine 



0. and 0., vol. 1, nos. 5, 7, 11, 12; Naturalist 

 (Austin, Tex.), vol. 1, no. 2; Observer, vol. 



1, no. 4; Oologist (Utica), vol. 1, nos. 1, 2, 3, 

 4, 7, 8, 9, 10; vol. 2, nos. 1, 2; Oologist's Ad- 

 vertiser, vol. 1, no. 1; Random Notes on Nat. 

 Hist., vol. 1, nos. 2, 3; Science News, vol. 1, 

 nos. 4, 5, 6; Western Oologist, vol. 1, no. 2. 

 Please offer singly or in series. — William 

 C. Braislin. If25 Clinton Ave., Brooklyn, N. 

 Y. 



Wanted — Warbler (First Series), 1903, 

 vol. 1, nos. 5 and 6; Atlantic Slope Natural- 

 ist, nos. 4, 5, 6; Avifauna, 1895 and 1897, 

 nos. 1 and 3 ; Birds of Washington, D. C. and 

 Vicinity by Mrs. L. W. Maynard. — Ralph W. 

 Jackson, Route No. 1, Cambridge, Maryland. 



For Exchange — Fine skins of Aphelocoma 

 insularis and Puffinus griseus for either 

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 with or without nests. Send your list of 

 offerings. — Joseph Mahliard, 1815 Vallejo 

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For Sale — Bird-Lore, vols. 15, 16, 17, 18. 

 orig. parts, per vol., $1.50; Barrow's Eng. 

 Sparrow in Am., cover loose, $.90; Coues' 

 Fourth Installment of Ornithological Bibli- 



ography, Wash. 1880, $1.00; Birds of Austra- 

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 $.75; De Kay's N. Y. Ornithology, colored 

 plates, covers loose, $2.50; Forbush's Game 

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 Ridgway's Birds of N. and Mid. Am., vol. 

 vn, $2.50; Piper's Flora of Washington, 

 $4.50. Prices net. — B. F. Case, Tolland, 

 Conn. 



Wanted — Osprey, vol. i, nos. 2 and 4; Nid- 

 oiogist, vol. i, nos. 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 10, 11, 12; 

 Museum, vol. n, no. 12, and vol. 5, nos. 7-11; 

 Am. Ornithology, vol. 4, no. 10, vol. 6 com- 

 plete. For Sale — Condor, vol. i, nos. 1, 2, 4, 

 5, 6, vol. ii complete; Bird-Lore, vol. xi; or 

 will exchange for above. — E. A. Doolittle, 

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Wanted — Oologist, 1897, May and Dec, 

 1899, April and Sept.; Nidiologist, vol. i, no. 

 2, Oct., 1893; Osprey, n. s., 1902, July; Au- 

 dubon, Ornith. Biog,, vol. 2; Coues, Second 

 Install. Ornith. Bibliog., 1879; Oologist 

 (Utica, N. Y.), vol. i, nos. 1-4, 9; Zoe; Field 

 and Forest; N. A. Fauna, 23; Loomis's Calif. 

 Water Birds, parts 1-5.— B. H. Swales, / t 728 

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Mr. John Lewis Childs, Floral Park, N. 

 Y., has just issued a 150-page catalogue of 

 his Natural History library. This library is 

 rich in expensive editions and rare old sets 

 of all lines of natural history, and is one of 

 the largest in the U. S. Any one desiring 

 one of the few remaining copies of this cata- 

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 sending $5.00 to — The Childs Press, Floral 

 Park, N. Y. 



AVIFAUNA No. 12 



Birds of the Islands off the Coast of 

 Southern California 



By ALFRED BRAZIER HOWELL 



127 pages; published June 30, 1917 



A detailed review of the ornithology of the California islands: 195 species 

 are treated; complete synonymies of each are given; contains tables 

 of species by islands, a hypothetical list of 13 species, an exhaustive 

 bibliography, and discussion of problems presented by the island 

 avifauna. This is an important contribution that no active ornitholo- 

 gist can do without. 



Members of the Cooper Club may take the regular Club discount (50%). 



Price, prepaid, SI. 50 



W. X,EE CHAMBERS, Business Manager 

 Eagle Rock, X,os Angeles County, California 



