. . CONTENTS. 
Pag-e 
FRONTIvSPlECK, Afield in California [page plate) 90 
Breeding of Hesperocichla nccvia in California II alter K. Fisher 91 
The Santa Cruz Song Sparrow, with Notes on the Salt Marsh Song Sparrow. .Joseph Grinnell 92 
Two Years With Mexican Birds: III. Some Plantation Birds E.H. Skinner 93 
vScott’s Oriole at .San Diego, Cal Frank Stephens 94 
An Blxceptional Set of Eggs of the Wood Duck Walter B . Sampson 95 
A New Species of Geospiza Collected by the Hopkins-Stanford Expedition to the Galapagos 
Islands Robert E. Snodgrass and Edmund Ideller 96 
An Outing for Owls’ Eggs P. M. Silloivay g6 
The Bullocks and Arizona flooded Orioles .J. F. Illingworth g8 
Notes on Some Little-known Birds of Soirthern California Edmund Heller mo 
Two Amusing Incidents A. I. McCormick loi 
The Harpy Eagle {photographed from life) 102 
A Study of the Birds of Santiago Canyon Mollie Bryan loj 
ECHOEvS FROM THE FTELD: Western livening Grosbeak Again ; Early Nesting of the 
Red-bellied Hawk ; Parasites in Birds ; Curious Nest of Anna’s Hummingbird; Breed- 
ing of the Western Robin in Lake Co., Cal.; Notes on the Loon, Western Evening 
Grosbeak and Broad-tailed Hummingbird 104 
Pacific Coast Changes in the Check-List 106 
CGMML'NICATIONS : A Boon for Oologists ; Use of Collodion to Prevent Arsenical Poison- 
ing 106 
GENIvRAL NEWS NGTfiS: Death of F'rancisJ. Birtwell ; Return of Galapagos Expedi- 
tion 107 
EDITORIAL 108 
Save the Birds’ Stomachs 108 
Query Column 109 
A .Suggestion for Forming Chapters Frank S. Daggett 109 
Publications Received ; Official Minutes no 
.Snapshots at Prominent Ornhologists: No. IV, Mr. John H. .Sage (P‘W^ sketch) 
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