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THE CONDOR 
A Magazine of Western Ornithology 
Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithological Club 
Entered as second-class matter January 25, 1922, at the post-office at Pasadena, California, nadernet 
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ms Pit Issued December 19, 1922° 
CONTENT Ss 
The Development. of Young Costa Hueminebinds (with four photos)............ of 
VARESE aan aot MS EPSON SCN IIE aa kh Robert. S. Woods 189 
Evidence of Musical “Taste” in the Brown Towhee.................... Richard Hunt 193 
Notes on the Yellow-billed Loon.............-s-seseeeeeeeeeeecsee Alfred M. Bailey 204 
Distribution of Molothrus ater in California, with the Description of a New 
PACS Le co YM MV WAL INL See Donald R. Dickey and A. J. van Rossem 206 
FROM FIELD AND.STUDY | Rin? APRN oS 
The Capture of Water-fowl in Fish Nets.............. Frederick C. Lincoln 211 ! 
Northward Range of the Gray Vireo in California................ J. Grinnell 211 |. 
Two Birds from the Bitterroot ee Montana... st el Bernard Bailey 212 Bly 
Blackbirds “Mlockime: 200) Tus i Ie Th A L. B. Potter 212 RT ii 
Notes from Southwestern New Mexico OOS SAR Be Oaks oy T. Kellogg 212 
Binds: Mating Smale elt eet PU ASUS SNR, R, R, McLean 213 | ys ie 
The Snowy Hgret in Los Angeles County, California................ Pee LL pa ers ms oH 
BUR Nini UMC TRE NEUNA ML Sn ean sMm he I ERROR yp YA Bicknell 213 i | ‘ Bes 
Perching Pelicans..........---cc0ceseee--: Eaoneesnneseiensastinnrtinaupstneniecenanate WV ny ills | AVE or 
EDITORIAL NOTHS AND NEWS .ooc-ecceccccsecceeceeete Cl OO i 
COMMUNICATIONS a he 
The Present Status of the Sipeneeles wens: Lo AN thn aati A, J. van. Rossem 
Life Histories of North American Birds. Aa A MO PL Ae a a C. ‘Bent 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MERTINGS.\.0 00) O08 Gla) pei a 
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