CONTENTS 
IN MEMORIAM: Chester Barlow (with portrait) ; 
The Ornithological Writings of Chester Barlow 
Nesting of the Townsend Solitaire (two half-tones) 
Nesting of the Abert Towhee 
The Author of “Birds of North and Middle America” (with portrait) . 
Notes on Pine Siskins 
The Band-tailed Pigeon in San Diego County 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Voracity of Albatrosses : 
Sterna paradissea in Southern California 
The Number of Feathers in a Bird Skin 
Do Wild Birds Die Instantly? 
The Fall IVIigration of Oreortyx pictus plumiferus 
Do Quail, Lophortyx californicus vallicolus, Remove Their Eggs? 
Frozen Toes 
Food of Anna Hummingbird 
Wood Ibis in Southern California 
A Rare Rand Bird Taken at Sea 
Cryptoglaiix acadica acadica in Placer County 
Late Nesting of Arkansas Goldfinch 
The Snowflake and Other Unusual Birds at Marysville 
Peculiar Habits of a Black Phoebe 
Destruction of Birds’ Eggs: A Query - 
Mossy Murres 
The Hummingbirds of Escondido and Vicinity 
Confirmation of a Record 
Further Notes on the Pine Siskin 
THE EDITOR’S BOOK SHELF 
Bailey’s “Hand-book of Western Birds” (half-tone) 
Ridgway’s “Birds of North and Middle America” 
Henshaw’s “Birds of the Hawaiian Islands” 
CORRESPONDENCE 
From Frank M. Chapman 
From H. R. Tayt^or ' 
GENERAL NEWS NOTES ! 
MINUTES OF CLUB MEETINGS 
EDITORIALS 
Directory of Members of the Cooper Ornithological Chib 
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Henry Reed Taylor 3 
Joseph Grinnell 8 
. . . .Al W. Anthony 10 
.M. French Gilman ii 
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. . . . Chas. W. Bowles 15 
C. S. Sharp 16 
.... Lyman Belding 17 
, . . Frank S. Daggett 17 
. . . .R. C. McGregor 17 
. . Joseph Mailliard 17 
. . . .Lyman Belding 18 
Ernest Adams 18 
. . . .'Joseph Grinnell 18 
F. C. Clark 18 
. . Frank S. Daggett 18 
. . . .R. C. McGregor 19 
Ernest Adams 19 
. . . . .John M. Miller 19 
. . . .Lyman Belding 19 
Ernest Adams 19 
Ernest Adams 19 
. . : .Joseph Grinnell 20 
. . Nelson Carpenter 20 
.J. Grinnell 20 
.J H. Bowles 20 
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