THE COK DOR 



A. Magazine of "Western OrnitHology 

 Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithological Club 



Entered as second-class matter February, 1908, at the post-office at I^os Angeles (Hollywood , 

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

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CONTENTS 



Notes on the Nesting of the Mountain Plover (with eight photos) W. C.Bradbury 157 



Frank Stephens — an Autobiography (with one photo) - F. Stephens 164 



Evidence that Many Birds Remain Mated for Life - F. C. Willard 167 



A Return to the Dakota Lake Region {continued) ..Florence Merriam Bailey 170 



Some Oceanic Birds from off the Coast of Washington and Vancouver Island (with 



one photo) Stanton Warburton, Jr. 178 



Description of a New Subspecies of Cyanolaemus clemenciae Harry C. Oberholser 181 



Some Summer Birds of Alert Bay, British Columbia F. A. Taverner 183 



FROM FIELD AND STUDY 



Second Occurrence of Wilson Plover in California S.S..A. M. Ingersoll 187 



Heermann Gull with White Primary Coverts P. A. Taverner 187 



Pacific Coast Records of the European Widgeon 7. 6". Palmer 187 



An Albino Magpie A. D. DuBois 189 



New Records for Some of the Islands off the Coast of Southern California 



_ x Joseph Mailliard 189 



Extension of Known Distribution in Some Northern California Birds 



__ Joseph Grinnell 190 



Long Waits for Sets of Winter Wrens John M. Davis 190 



Large Set of Eggs of the Western Red-tailed Hawk _... Lawrence Peyton 191 



Supposed New Record for Central Kansas — - A. J. Kirn 191 



Bird Notes from Admiralty Island, Southeastern Alaska.... A. E. Hasselborg 191 



A Late Nest of the Swainson Hawk A. D. DuBois 191 



Notes from Southern California L. E. Wyman 192 



When the Thrushes Cease from Singing Joseph Mailliard 192 



A New Bird for Santa Catalina Island H. C. Bryant 193 



Late Snowy Owl Dates Stanton Warburton, Jr. 193 



The Virginia Warbler in California /. Grinnell 193 



EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS ~ 194 



MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS - 194 



