CONTENTS 
A Laysan Albatross Feeding Its Young Walter K. Fishery Frontispiece 
The Black-headed Grosbeak (3 halftones) William Lovell Finley 145 
Extracts from Some Montana Note-books, 1904 P. M. Silloway 148 
Albatross Pictures (12 halftones) Walter K. Fisher 151 
An Early Notice of Philippine Birds Richard C. McGregor 159 
Dr. Leonhard Stejneger (portrait) 162 
Nesting of the Western Golden-crowned Kinglet in Western Washington (i halftone) 
J. H. Bowles 163 
A Set of Abnormally Large Eggs of the Golden Eagle (i halftone) Sharp 165 
An Ornithological Comparison of the Pajaro Valley in California with Sioux County in 
Nebraska .J. S. Hunter 168 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
The Texas Kingfisher at New Braunfels, Texas A. E. Schutze 172 
The Inca Dove in Central Texas A. E. Schutze 172 
Northern Flicker at Auburn, California Walter K. Fisher 172 
The Destruction of Bird Life by Light Towers A. E. Schutz i^ 172 
Minutes of Meetings 173 
NOTES AND NEWS 174 
Index to Volume VI 175 
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