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THE CONDOR. ™ 
A Magazine of Western Ornithology — 
Published Bi-Monthly by the renper Ornithological Club 
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Issued a 6, 1922 
oi CONTENTS | 
| A hale Tern Colony. in Texas (with eleven photos)................ J.R. Pemberton 837 
| Notes on Fox Sparrows in California in the Autumn of 1921.7 oseph Mailliard 48 a 
A Study of Roosting Holes of the Red-shafted Flicker (with three illustra- 
| BLOWS) 1 ely UEC 2 AS lt Bea ae eee AD hy BUN Emerson A. Stoner 54 
A Law Governing the Blevation of the Nesting Site..Charies Ketchum Averill 57 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
| Red-wings of the Imperial Valley, California PORTO Luv ot Brazier Howell 60 
Slight Extension of the Breeding Range of the Western Lark Sparrow ~ | 
TRC NEDE SS tI an RO NOR AL ASSP RIOR RED A WOT PURI IMI D. R. Dickey and A, J. van Rossem 62 
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Albino Robin Returning to Former NeSiLbe (Biter. ena J. A. Munro 62. 
Vermilion Flycatcher and Red Phalarope at Long Beach, California... 
DSTA UR Reena es ES OM ONO LA eR REEL RAIMA AR UAE MANE CN aed Tae) i th 2 L. W. Welch 62 
Sonoma Thrasher in Humboldt County, California. Joseph Mailiiard 62 
: Breeding of the San Diego Titmouse on the Mohave Desert.............--..-- a 
soit nal Oe ot Cy or OND) eg elena Al due Rossem 63 
‘A December Record for the Sage Thrasher in Colorado..W. L. Burnett 63 
The Bathing of Hummingbirds... 2.2 eee Frank N. Bassett 63 : 
| Notes on Some Water-fowl.......... Loa gl Sindee uupitlneancncmagli crated saeeO, Bedi LN GTC Gp) oar 
Second Occurrence of the Yakutat Song Sparrow in California ieee a eae 
UNEREVTAME DS EOL ip DUN en anan nee mey ae SUP UM UITERY POLL UTA EDS Fido GUNS dy SD Dickey — 65 
Rufous Hummingbird Tragedy......... itl MORNIN AN De, Emerson A. Stoner 65 
Wintering of the Nuttall Sparrow in Los Angeles County... ose a)? 
| JUEUDASES ADEM man UNS ebs ion cb Mh 12 LULL D. R. Dickey:and A. J. van Rossem 65 
_» Kamchatka Sea Eagle at Kodiak, Alaska (with one photo).............-.. i 
Sa RO AID, ORME ET MERI hs lie Charles H. Gilbert 66 | 
| Red Phalarope in Southern California...............................koland C. Ross 66 . 
New Nesting Records of American Osprey in Northern California........ Bie et 
DORA RIS CRON at il ter oeateuer tree auaun a Som MUCI DU LaHIN ESSER VIA MB A YE Joli) eh Joseph Mailliard 
| i ern County Notes. 200: hu ui eae D. R. Dickey and A. J. van Rossem — 
! _ Position of Feet in Flight in Certain ‘Birds.................Ge0. G. Cantwell 68 | 
| Further Homers on ee Occurrence of the ean aia v at. Eagle Lake | ‘othe i! f 
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