CONTENTS 
Pintail Duckling looking pleasant (frontispiece) Finley and Bohlman 4 
Notes on Albatrosses and other Pelagic Birds in Australian Waters . 
Dr. T. IV. Richards, U. S. Navy 5 
Nesting of the Xantus Murrelet as Observed on Los Coronados Islands, Lower ... 
California Chester Lamb 8 
Some Rare Birds and Sets of Eggs from the Cape Region of Lower California 
Joh7i E. Thayer 10 
Notes on the Birds of Southwestern Montrose County, Colorado (with two maps) 
Edward R. Warren 11 
Birds of the Big Basin (with three , photos by Oluf J. Heinemann) 
Milton S. Ray 18 
Notes on the Habits of Pliainopepla nitens Harriet Williams Myers 22 
The History of Colorado Ornithology (with two maps) Robert B. Rockwell 24 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Microscopic Subspecies: a Reply H. B. Kaeding 32 
Some Interesting Colorado Records Edivard R. Warren 33 
Correction of Errors Robert B. Rockwell 33 
Tapeworm Epidemic among Washington Seabirds J. H. Bowles 33 
Albino Eggs of the House Finch (Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis ) 
Dr. T. W. Richards , U. S. Navy 34 
Oological .... Robert B. Rockwell 34 
A Flight of Shearwaters J. H. Bowles 34 
EDITORIAL NOTES 35 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 35 
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