188 THE CONDOR Vol. XXII 
daws by the local fishermen and ranchers, attracted their attention as early as October, 
1919. These men had never seen them on the island before. Scattered birds were seen 
by the writer throughout the pine belts in January and again in the first week of April, 
on a second trip to the island. It is tempting to speculate what might happen if the 
nomadic impulse had died out after six months and the species should become a perma- 
nent resident of the pine forests on the island, in which Crossbills and Red-breasted 
Nuthatches are already resident.—RaALpPpH HorrMANNn, Stockbridge, Massachusetts, June 4, 
1920. 
A Peculiar Flicker Habit.—For a time a Red-shafted Flicker (Colaptes cafer col- 
laris) enjoyed himself by drumming on a sheet metal air vent on the roof of our house. 
As a rule he did his drumming early in the morning. One time I caught him in the act 
of drumming and it was interesting to watch him. The noise sounded very much like 
a small riveting machine at work.—LUTHER LITTLE, South Pasadena, California, July 
15, 1920. 
Authors’ Names in the Second Condor Index.—In the Second Ten Year Index to 
The Condor for 1909-1918, by J. R. Pemberton, fuli names of authors were included as 
far as possible. In about 40 cases it proved impracticable to secure the names in full, but 
about half of them are now known. In presenting these names the opportunity may be 
taken to correct a few errors which inadvertently occurred in printing the Index. Such 
corrected names are marked by an asterisk, and names not generally used are enclosed 
in brackets. 
Following are some of the incomplete names in full: 
Alexander, Annie Montague Figgins, Jesse Dade 
Bailey, Vernon [Orlando] Hunt, Richard Montague 
Bergtold, William Harry* Kirn, Albert* Joseph Bernard 
Brooks, Allan [Cyril] McAtee, Waldo* Lee 
Bryant, Amy Morrish McLean, Donald Dudley 
Bunker, Charles Dean Mailliard, Ernest Chase 
Buturlin, Sergius Alexandrovich Palmer, Robert Hastings 
Cameron, Ewen Somerled Vogelsang, Charles Adolph 
Dixon, Joseph [Scattergood ] Wetmore, [Frank] Alexander 
Dubois, Alexander Dawes 
On pages 7 and 8 of the Index are given full names of authors whose papers ap- 
peared in the first ten volumes of THrE Conpor. To this list should now be added Gerald 
Bamber Thomas and Clark Crocker Van Fleet. Three names in the list require correc- 
tion, viz., Stephen Alfred Forbes, Frederick Hall Fowler, and William Le Grange Ralph. 
Examination will show that the first two were inadvertently combined and the last con- 
tained a typographical error. These additions leave 31 names in the first Index and 
about 20 in the second, still incomplete.—T. S. Parmer, Washington, D. C., July 19, 1920. 
Bryant Marsh Sparrow in the Hills—In The Condor for March, 1920 (page 68), 
there is an article by Joseph Mailliard and J. W. Mailliard relative to the breeding of 
the Bryant Marsh Sparrow (Passerculus sandwichensis bryanti) in other than low 
zround. My records show that a set of four eggs, with nest and parent bird, was taken 
by H. H. Bailey in San Mateo County, California, on May 1, 1904. The nest was placed 
on the ground in a slight depression, well hidden by a clump of grass four inches high. 
The location was almost at the top of a hill, between the bay and ocean, and, as I re- 
member it, three miles or more from the salt marsh. The elevation, I judge, was around 
350-400 feet—Harotp H. BaiLtEy, Newport News, Virginia, July 12, 1920. 
Blue-fronted Jay Nesting in Los Angeles, California——A number of Blue-fronted 
Jays (Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis) spent the winter of 1919-20 in different parts of Los 
Angeles and were reported in Tur Conpor from several localities. A group of them 
lingered late into the spring in Griffith Park where they were noted by the President of 
