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 March 22, 1920 
CONTENTS 
The Nesting Habits of the Alaska Wren (with three photos)...Harold Heath 
Autobiographical Notes (continued) Henry Wetherbee Henshaw 
Nesting of the Dusky Poor-will near Saugus, Los Angeles County, California 
(with one photo) A. J. Van Rossem and J. Hooper Bowles 
Bryant Marsh Sparrow upon the Hills (with two photos) 
Joseph Mailliard and John W. Mailliard 
A Return to the Dakota Lake Region (continued)...Florence Merriam Bailey 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Trumpeter Swan Breeding in Yellowstone Park...............] M. P. Skinner 
Bohemian Waxwing in Southeastern California H, 8. Swarth 
Golden Eagle at Porterville, Califormia..._..........002220000200... L. W. Hudson 
Southerly Nesting Records of the Arctic Tern in Southeastern Alaska 
Ernest P. Walker 
Two Birds New to the Lower Colsrado River. Region. Laurence M. Huey 
Red Crossbills ‘at Berkeley, California Amelia S. Allen 
Unusual Birds of My Garden (with one photo).Harriet Williams Myers 
The Varied Thrush in Wyoming Junius Henderson 
The Wood Ibis as a Winter Visitant to California 
Gulls Following a Train 
The Blue Goose as a Bird of Califormnia.......-..00 200.200... 22ee neces ei ‘Grinnell b 
Black and White Warbler at Carpinteria, California... C. Henderson 
A Swan Hunt Frank Stephens 
A Large Flock of Swans _Wintering at Santa Barbara.Ralph Hoffmann 
A. B. Howell 
Loye Miller 
Notes from the Region of Lake Tahoe Loye Miller 
Some Winter Birds at the Grand Canyon, Arizona 
H. 8S. Swarth oe Winifern W. Swarth 
An Albino: Brown ‘Towhee. os Lone SO ee eae L. W. Hudson 
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