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Two Years With Mexican Birds; I. Giraud’s Flycatcher (two plates) E. H. Skijuter 
May in the High Sierras L. Belding 
vSonie Architectural Traits of the Western Gnatcatcher (three plates) C. Chamberlin 
A Word in Behalf of the Boy F. C. Clark 
Rare and Unusual Occurrences at Stockton, Cal JV. B. Sampson 
In the Summer Home of the Buff-breasted Flycatcher {o 7 ie plate) R. D. Lusk 
Note on the Name of the Black-headed Grosbeak R. C. McGregor 
A Trait of the Western Robin J-J- WilHa^ns 
A Hawking Expedition ( 07 ie plate) F. C. Clark 
Song of the Golden-crowned Sparrow 
Note Jos. Grinnell 
A List of Birds Observed on the Pima Indian Reservation, Ariz., G. F. Breninger 
ECHOES FROM THE FTELD: Evening Grosbeak Near Palo Alto — Mice as Enemies 
of Ground-nesting Birds — Notes From Oakland and Vicinity — Occurrence of the 
Black Brant and American Goldeneye in Los Angeles Co., Cal — Capture of Another 
White-throated Sparrow — Capture of a Californian Condor near Pomona, Cal. — 
vSitka Kinglet in California — Shrike Notes 
On the Generic Name of the Californian Condor Chas. IV. Richmond 
COMMUNICATIONS: Questions of the Day — Anent Progressive Bird Names — Para- 
sites in Birds 
PUBLICATIONS RIvVIEWED: Laws Regulating the Transportation and Sale of Game; 
California Water Birds, No. V; Prof. Collett on the Morphology of the Cranium and 
the Auricular Openings in the North-European Species of the F'amily Strigidse; Wil- 
son Bulletin No. 33; Appendix to Cooke’s ‘Birds of Colorado’ 
Publications Received 
Snapshots at Prominent Ornithologists, No. II, F'rank M. Chapman, (/Ar/y page sketch) . . . 
Dr. Palmer in a Pillory 
EDITORIAL; Value or Club Spirit; A Club Camp in the Sierras 
Obituary, A. L. Lapham 
Official Minutes Southern Division.- 
Bird Protection Committee for 1901 
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