CONTENTS 
Life History'of the California Condor Part IV — The Young Condor in Captivity 
(with six photos by Herman T. Bohlman) . William L. Finley 5 
Fossil Birds from the Quaternary of Southern California Loye Holmes Miller 12 
Abnormal Birds’ Eggs (with four photos) A. M. Ingersoll 15 
Some Birds of Note from Ventura County J. R. Pemberton 18 
A Defense of Oology (with one photo by OlufJ. Heinemann) .Milton S. Ray 19 
Some Central Colorado Bird Notes (with one map and one photo) 
Edward R. Warren 23 
For the Better Determination of Agelaius tricolor (with two photos by Joseph 
Mailliard ) John W. Mailliard 39 
Miscellaneous Records from Alaska Joseph Grinnell 41 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
The Alaska Longspur in California Frank Stephens 44 
Limonites ruficollis (Pall.) as an American Bird S. A. Buturlin 44 
Additions to Grinnell’s List of Birds of the San Bernardino Mountains 
.....*. G. Willett 44 
The Pectoral Sandpiper at Santa Barbara Bradford Torrey 44 
An Albino Magpie (with one photo) R. B. Rockwell 45 
Notes from Sacaton, Arizona M. French Gilman J.,,45 
Mortality among Young Hummingbirds A. B. Howell 46 
The True Home of the Spectacled Eider S. A .Buturlin 46 
Rodgers Fulmar in Southern California G. Willett $ 46 
The Scott Oriole in Los Angeles County J. Grinnell ’46 
Editorial Notes and News 47 
Publications Reviewed 
Minutes of Cooper Club Meetings 
Entered as second-class matter February, 1908, at the post office at Los Angeles (Hollywood 
Station) , California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. 
Issued from The Office of The Condor, First National Bank Building, Hollywood, Cal. 
FOR-SALE, EXCHANGE AND WANT COEUM 
In this space members of the C. O. C. are allowed one notice of about 35 words 
in each issue free of charge. Books and magazines can be offered for sale or ex- 
change; bird skins and sets of eggs can be offered in exchange, but NOT FOR 
SALE. Notices must be written on one side only of a clean sheet of paper. For 
this department address 
W. Eek Chambers, Santa Monica, California. 
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TO EXCHANGE— Birds’ skins prepared with 
exceptional care, and eggs in sets; especially 
desire sets of 349 and warbler skins — all letters 
answered.— J. Claire Wood, 179 17th. Street, 
Detroit , Michigan. 
FOR SALE OR EXCHANGE— Fisher ’s 
Hawks and Owls of the U. S. (fine copy, $6.00) ; 
Pacific R. R. Report, vol. 9, Birds (good copy 
$2.00); Biol. Survey Bulletins, nos. 5, 7, 9, 13, 
18; N. A. Fauna, no. 3; Cook’s Birds of Michi- 
gan (wrappers, 50c) ; Osprey, vol. 1, complete 
except no. 2 (fine copies, $1.00); Standard Dic- 
tionary, 2 vols., full morocco (fine copies ex- 
cept corners rubbed, $10.00) . Wanted: Wilson’s 
Am. Ornithology; Nuttall’s Land Birds, second 
ed., 1840; The Auk, vols. i-vm; and many 
others. Also a small but fine collection of Iowa 
and California sets for books. — Charles R. 
Keyes, Mt. Vernon, Iowa. 
TO EXCHANGE for Books or Bird Skins: 
Cory’s Birds of Haiti and San Domingo, Birds 
of E. N. America; Capen’s Oology of New Eng- 
land. — F. B. McKechnie, Ponkapog , Mass. 
FOR SALE, for best offer, the following 
publications: Bendire's“Life Histories”, bound; 
Ridgway’s “Birds of North and Middle Amer- 
ica”, Part 2, bound, Parts 3 and 4, paper; Cas- 
sinia for 1903 and 1904; Aquila for 1902-06; No- 
vitates Zoologicae, vols. 10, 11, 12, 13; and a 
considerable number of odd nos. or broken vols. 
of current bird magazines from 1903 to 1907. 
Would prefer to dispose of entire lot to one 
party. — H. W. Carriger, Sec'y Cooper Club, 
69 A. Water Street , San Francisco, Calif. 
FOR EXCHANGE— Giant Fulmar 6-1, at 
$25.00 per egg. Wandering Albatross 5-1, $20 
per egg. Some common western species want- 
ed. Send lists. — John H. Flanagan, 10 Wey- 
bosset St. , Providence , R. I. 
CHECK-LIST: “Land Birds of Placer Coun- 
ty, Cal.,” mailed for 20 c. Extract from Placer 
Co. Institute “Research”, of Oct., 1909 . — Er- 
nest Adams, Clipper Gap, Calif. 
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