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FRONTISPIECE, Bloody Canyon, Showing South Side of Mono Lake and Mono 
Craters 
A Trip to Mono Lake, Ornithological and Otherwise {ten plates) Walter K. Fisher 3 
A Study of Bird Songs ' .John J. Williams 12 
The Pinyon Jay H. C. Johnson 14 
The Crissal Thrasher in California M. French Gilman 15 
The Louisiana Tanager ....J.H. Bowles 16 
Eastern Range of Lawrence Goldfinch ’ F. Stephens 17 
Correction of Errors in Identification .Joseph Grinnell 17 
California Pygmy Owl in Lake Co., Cal., A. W. Johnson 18 
Two Specimens of Nyctala from Marin Co., Cal .' .Joseph Mailliard 18 
The Elf Owl in California Robt. Ridgway 18 
The Parasite Question Again . . .Joseph PTailliard 19 
Common Loon at Palo Alto, Cal .Joseph Grinnell 19 
Notes from Oakland and Pescadero John M. Williatd 19 
The Wingless Cormorant of the Galapagos (pwo plates) Rollo H. Beck 20 
A Day on the West Fork of the San Gabriel H.J. Lela 7 id 21 
PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED: Ridgway's “Birds of North and Middle America;” 
Stories of Bird Life; Birds of Song and Story 22 
Nineteenth Annual Congress of the A. O. U 24 
Program of the Nineteenth Annual Congress of the A. O. U 24 
General News Notes 25 
EDITORIAL 26 
Publications Received 27 
Business Manager’s Annual Report; Official Minutes 28 
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