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 Berkeley, 
California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879 
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Issued January 26, 1920 
CONTENTS 
Autobiographical Notes (continued) ......... 1.2 Henry Wetherbee Henshaw 3 
Importance of the Blind in Bird Photography (with six photos).................... 
aah ihe HO IS AE AUER. 8 TN CRP Sn LO PAM ae EAD es NN Dee tS Frank N. Irving 10 
The Rusty Song Sparrow in Berkeley, and the Return of Winter Birds........_.. 
Amelia S. Allen 16 
A Peculiar Feeding Habit of Grebes......-.00000 0 Alexander Wetmore 18 
A Return to the Dakota Lake Region (continued) ....Florence Merriam. Bailey 21 
Notes on the Limicolae of Southern British Columbia................... Allan Brooks 26 
Edward Garner, a Pioneer Naturalist... a arold C. Bryant 32 
Description of a New Otocoris from California.................... Harry C. Oberholser 34 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Migrations of the Pinyon Jay in Colorado................ Junius Henderson 36 
The Clarke Nuteracker at Point Pinos, Monterey County, California....... 
W. K. Fisher 36 
Segregation of Male Mallards. icc ee N. Hollister 36 
Hmpidonax griseus in Oregon.........-22...2222222ee ween eee Harry C. Oberholser 37 
The Anna Hummingbird as a Fly-catcher........................ Frank N. Bassett 37 
Golorada: IWeres oS h Ne Eis SAO Tati AUR NIA Ne a aR A Ralph Hubbard 37 
Birds Returning to their Old Haunts........000000002-0 ee. Joseph Mailliard 38 
Clarke Nuteracker at) Sea iin 2 Nat ie ANTE IMe RSCG) An eal Names a G. F. Ferris 39 
Nesting of Western Robin and Spotted Sandpiper......_..... A. van Rossem 39 
Clarke Nutcracker on the Colorado Desert..........2.-..2..020......- C. O. Esterly 40 
Saw-whet Owl from the San Bernardino Mountains, California................ 
Wright M. Pierce 40 
Bubo virginianus lagophonus in North Dakota........ Harry C. Oberholser 40 . K 
Effects of a Storm on the Bird-life of the Sea................ Joseph Maillard 40 fy 4 
Clarke Nutcracker at Carmel. 20 Jane L. Schlesinger 41 ; " 
Habits of Oceanodroma leucorhoa, beali versus O. SOCOrroeNnsis......--...----- pa 
BA RGAE NBO ASE AA ee MT ee YAMA yl A. B. Howell 41 ss 
Further’ Colorado: Notes .5 Se oa ae A Junius Henderson 42 
Lincoln Sparrow in San Francisco____.......2..2.-..-2..-20-------- Joseph Mailliard 43 
Some Bird Records from Nebraska.._.........---.......-.---- Harry C. Oberholser 43 
Old Squaw Duck at) San :Diewow ae ang aie Frank Stephens 
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