THE CONDOR 
A Magazine of Western Ornithology 
Published Bi-Monthly by the Cooper Ornithological Club 
Entered as second-class matter November 29, 1919, at the post-office at Berekley, 
California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 : 
Issued from the Office of THE ConpDoR, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Berkeley, California 
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Issued November 29, 1919 | 
CONTENTS 
Autobiographical Notes (continued) (with portrait) -......0...002022 
AGREE Rata MA CNRS Ee R A MEAS bbe REAR RR EU TN GL Sata Node thd Henry Wetherbee Henshaw 217 
Bird Notes from Saskatchewan (with three photos).................... H.H. Mitchell 222 
A Return to the Dakota Lake Region (continued) ...Florence Merriam Bailey 225 
Notes on the Elegant Tern as a Bird of California................... Joseph Grinnell 230 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY atts 
Association of Migrating Waders.) sic Gesu so.) Me ONS: John T'. Nichols 235 
White-throated Swift in Contra Costa County ae Luther Little 235 (t 
I eager MY ADORE nae, Stent MLC TE ear gM A A Tah Ray cu N.K. Carpenter 235 
Second Occurrence of the Painted Bunting at Solomon, Saline County, 
FRBTUS AIR A Ge Si RRM Raa ND al eg ee CAL dS. Kin. 236 fi 
A Western Yellowthroat on the University of California Campus............ 
ay eI peepee ANE gM ca OE Th ne 
Evidence as to the Food of the Wood Ibis.................... Harold C. Bryant 2386 
The Occurrence of the Long-billed Curlew in Northwestern Califor- 
12. U Poa Ma aes HSA racy Rema Rie use ole RRL aC Maia Osa) EMA adi Efe 8S Sia J. Grinnell 287 
Additional Notes and Records from Colorado................. Ff. OC. Lincoln 237 
California Black ‘Rail at San Bernardino, California...cdward Wall 238 
A Second Record of the Buff-breasted Sandpiper in the State of Wash- 
TE COM eerie Pe ICE YN ATH ML VN J. Hooper Bowles © 238 
One Reason for Eliminating Subspecies......._.. Sloe Te MEE) Cag eee 
A Tradition Nearly Broken......... Lae ME Maa OOH os N. K. Carpenter 2389 
' Some Southern Records of the Horned Puffin........ Harold C. Bryant 2389 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS _...... a 
‘MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS _.... PENMAN SON)! 
LO / ENID EX TO MOE U MRL. XOCE T  e n 
