CONTENTS 
Young Great Blue Heron H. T. Bohlman Frontispiece 
Herons at Home Wm. L. Finley (3 photos by H. T. Bohlman) 35 
The Hermit Warbler in Washington ,J. H. Bowles 40 
Summer Birds of San Francisco County, California Milton S. Ray 43 
Summer Notes from a Santa Barbara Garden (5 photos) .Joseph Mailliard 45 
The Habits of a Mockingbird (1 photo) IV. Otto Emerson 51 
“Atratus versus Megalonyx” Robert Ridgway 53 
Oceanodroma leucorhoa and Its Relatives on the Pacific Coa§t . . IV. Otto Emerson 53 
Methods of Filing Reprints Richard C. McGregor 55 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Birds Whose Notes are Imitated by the Western Mockingbird 
C. H. Richardson , Jr. 
A Novel Find William Gallaher 
Pacific Kittiwake in Southern California J. Grinnell 
Cannibalism in Owl,s C. H. Richardson , Jr. 
New Bird for Amador County Geo. L. Kaeding 
A Small Egg Nelson Carpenter 
Pacific Eider in Washington J. H. Bowles 
Foolish Introduction of Foreign Birds .J. Grinnell 
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NOTES AND NEWS 59 
Minutes of Club Meetings 60 
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