CONTENTS 
Some Bird Accidents (with three photos by Herman T. Bohlman ) Wm. L. Finley 
Bird Notes from the Coast of San Luis Obispo County G. Willett 
A Life History of the Northern Bald Eagle (with four photos by Annie M. 
Alexander . Joseph Dixon 
Further Notes from San Clemente Island C..B. Linton 
Some Sierran Nests of the Brewer Blackbird (with two photos) Milton S. Ray 
The Nesting of the Broad-tailed Hummingbird „ Aretas A. Saunders 
An Early Colorado Ornithologist — William G. Smith (with one photo) 
William L. Burnett 
The Flainmulated Screech Owl (with five photos) F. C. Willard 
A Collection of Birds from Forty-mile, Yukon Territory, Canada, Joseph Grinnell 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Western Robin at Novato J. R. Pemberton and H. W. Carriger 
The Golden Plover at Coronado Bradford Torrey 
Brewer Sparrow Nesting in Ventura County Lawrence Peyton 
Wilson Phalarope near San Francisco J. R. Pemberton 
Two Records from Eastern Kansas Alex . Wetmore 
Some Unrecorded Species from Los Coronados Islands, Mexico A. van Rossem 
The English Sparrow 'in Santa Barbara Bradford Torrey 
Notes on the Nesting of the Western Martin Pingree I. Osburn 
The Knot in Southern California Chester C. Lamb 
Editorial Notes and News 
Publications Reviewed 
Correspondence: Robert Ridgway and H. B. Kaeding 
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