CONTENTS 
With Rallus in the Texas Marsh (with four photos by the author) 
- - George Finlay Simmons 3 
The Nesting of the Black Swift (with four photos by the author) 
- William Leon Dawson 8 
The Kern Redwing — Agelaius phoeniceus aciculatus (with six drawings on one 
figure) .1 Joseph Mailliard 12 
The Status of the Arizona Spotted Owl H. Si Swarth 15 
Niagara at Your Door: An Appeal to San Franciscans William Leon Dawson 19 
Birds Observed on Forrester Island, Alaska, during the Summer of 1913 (with 
eight photos and one drawing by the author) ...Harold, Heath 20 
Birds of the Boston Mountains, Arkansas Austin Paul Smith 41 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY: 
Barn Owls as the Fanner’s Friends .. . John G. Tyler 57 
Two Birds New to California Laurence M. Huey 57 
Return of Winter Birds to the Same Locality Amelia S. Allen 58 
Note on the Feeding Habits of the Blue-fronted Jay 
Barton Warren Evermann 58 
Another Record of the Occurrence of the Emperor Goose in California 
I H. C. Bryant 58 
Notes from San Bernardino, California Edward Wall 59 
Occurrence of White-crowned Sparrow near Claremont, California 
- Wright. M. Pierce 59 
Bird Notes from British Columbia and Southern California H. Grey 59 
Random Notes from San Diego Laurence M. Huey 59 
Yakutat Song Sparrow in Oregon AIJred Shelton 60 
New Years Day Bird Census at Palisades, Mesa County, Colorado 
..I J. L. Sloanaker 60 
First Specimens of Baird Sandpiper from the State of Washington 
.... Lee R. Dice 60 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS.. 61 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 61 
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