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THE CONDOR 
Vol. XV 
Ray, M: S. 
1900. Idle hours at Idlewild, or observations in central Monterey County. Osprey, 5, 
pp. 6, 7. 
Richardson, C. H. 
1904. A list of summer birds of the Piute mountains, California. Condor, 6, pp. 134-137. 
Ridgway, R. 
1877. Ornithology, in Report of geological exploration of the fortieth parallel, made by 
Clarence King, U. S. Geologist, 4 , pt. 3, pp. 303-669. 
Rogers, R. 
1907. Band-tailed pigeons at Santa Barbara. Condor, 9, p. 28. 
Salvador!, T. 
1893. Catalogue of the Columbae, or pigeons, in the collection of the British museum. 
Catalogue of birds (London), 21 , pp. xvii -j- 676, 15 pis. 
Sharp, C. S. 
1903. The band-tailed pigeon in San Diego County. Condor, 5, p. 16. 
Sheldon, H. H. 
1907. A collecting trip by wagon to Eagle Lake, Sierra Nevada mountains. Condor, 9, 
pp. 185-191. 
Skirm, J. 
1884. List of birds of Santa Cruz, Cal. Ornithologist and Oologist, 9, pp. 149, 150. 
Streator, C. P. 
1886. List of birds observed in the vicinity of Santa Barbara, Cal., during the year 
1885. Ornithologist and Oologist, ii, pp. 66, 67. 
SWARTH, H. S. 
1900. Avifauna of a 100-acre ranch. Condor, 2 , pp. 14-16. 
1904. Birds of the Huachuca mountains, Arizona. Pacific Coast Avifauna, 4 , pp. 1-70. 
Townsend, C. H. 
1887. Field notes on the mammals, birds, and reptiles of northern California. Proc. U. 
S. Nation. Mus., 10 , pp. 159-241. 
Van Denburgh, J. 
1899. Notes on some birds of Santa Clara County, California. Proc. Amer. Philos. Soc.. 
38 , pp. 157-180. 
WiDMANN, O. 
1904. Yosemite Valley birds. Auk, 21 , pp, 66-73. 
Willett, G. 
1908. Summer birds of the upper Salinas valley and adjacent foothills. Condor, 10 , 
pp. 137-139. 
1910. Additions to Grinnell’s list of birds of the San Bernardino mountains. Condor, 12 , 
p. 44. 
Woodcock, A. R. 
1902. Annotated list of the birds of Oregon. Oregon Agric. Experiment Sta. Bull., 68 , 
pp. 3-117, 1 pi. 
WOODHOUSE, S. W. 
1853. Birds, in Report of an expedition down the Zuni and Colorado rivers, by Cap- 
tain L. Sitgreaves. (Washington), pp. 1-198, 31 pis., map. 
Xantus, j. 
1859. Catalogue of birds collected in the vicinity of Fort Tejon, California, with a 
description of a new species of Syrnium. Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci., Phila., ii, pp. 
189-193. 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY 
Another Instance of Cannibalism in the Spotted Owl. — The Spotted Owl, Strix oc- 
cidentalis (Xantus), is a rather rare bird in this section of California, judging from the 
number of skins in southern California collections. Lucky is he who, after a dozen years’ 
work in the field, can place more than one specimen to his credit. For this reason I wish to 
record one shot by R. D. Jewett in Pacoima Canyon, above the junction with Maple Canyon, 
back of San Fernando, California. 
A pair had been heard the night before, and campers had fired several shots in the direc- 
tion of the sounds, evidently with results, for on the following night only one bird was in 
