CONTENTS 
The R^d-footed Booby on Nest, Laysan Island Walter K. Fisher, 
A Dusky Grouse and Her Brood in New Mexico (i halftone) Florence Merriam Bailey 87 
Three Boobies Interviewed (7 halftones and frontispiece) . . . Walter K. Fisher, John 0 . Snyder 89 
California Jays and Cats .Joseph Mailliard 95 
The Deconte Thrasher M. French Gilman 94 
Mr. Harry C. Oberholser (portrait) 98 
About the Utah Gull Rev. S. H. Goodwin 99 
The Birds of the John Day Region, Oregon Loye Holmes Miller loo 
Nesting Habits of the Caracara (i halftone) Adolph E. Schiiltze ioi_ 
FIRLD AND STUDY ,>! ^ 
Two Unusual Birds at Stanford University, California Walter K. Fisher 108- 
A Water Ouzet’s Nest (halftone) George S. Towne 109 
Bell Sparrow in Santa Clara County, California H. 0 . Jenkins 109 
Nesting Habits of the Rock Wren Philo W. Smith, Jr. 109 
Melanism in Buteo borealis calurus W. O. Emerson no 
A Few Notes on Bird Life at Three Rivers, California W. F. Dean no 
NOTES AND NEWS ni 
Minutes of Meetings 112 
Taylor’s Catalogue 112 
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