Nov., 1913 
INDEX TO VOLUME XV 
239 
Cathartes aura septentrionalis, 22, 218 
Catoptrophorus semipalmatiis, 145, 146 
semipalmatus inornatus, 145, 146 
Cedar-bird, ISS 
Centurus carolinus, 120 
Cepphus columba, 89 
Certhia familiaris zelotes, 85, 203 
Ceryle alcyon, 22, 202 
Chaetura vauxi, 188 
Chamaea fasciata, 179 
Chambers, W. L-, more band-tailed pigeon 
notes, 41 
Charadrius apricarius, 197 
dominicus dominicus, 147, ISO, 197 
pliivialis, 197 
Chat, Long-tailed, 119 
Chaulelasmus streperus, 21, 184 
Chen caerulescens, 43 
hyperboreus hyperboreus, 43 
Chickadee, Mountain, 85, 198, 200, 203 
Chondestes grammacus strigatiis, 119 
Chordeiles acutipennis texensis, 184 
virginianus hesperis, 92, 203 
Cinclus mexicanus unicolor, 203 
Circus hudsonius, 22, 99 
Clarke, F. C., preliminary report upon the 
disease occurring among the ducks of 
the southern San Joaquin Valley dur- 
ing the fall of 1913, 214 
Clay, C. L, artificial hatching of a Cassin 
auklet, 93; a winter home of the Anna 
hummingbird, 184 
Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus, 84 
Colaptes auratus luteus, 120 
cafer collaris, 91, 119, 182, 203 
Columba fasciata, 26, 41, 94, 129, 151, 227 
Colymbus nigricollis californicus, 20, 41, 119 
Cooke, W. W., the wild turkeys of Colorado, 
104 
Cooper Ornithological Club, directory of 
members of the, 160; minutes of meet- 
ings, 51, 97, 133, 160, 189, 236; report of 
business manager of the, 95 
Coot, 21, 119, 154, 156, 218, 220 
Cormorant, Baird, 21, 87, 90 
Brandt, 20, 86, 88, 90, 156, 208, 209, 210 
Farallon, 20, 90, 116, 120, 156, 207, 208, 
209, 217, 228 
Corvus brachyrhynchos brachyrhynchos, 182 
corax sinuatus, 23, 91 
Coyote, Valley, 119 
Crane, Sandhill, 218 
Creeper, Sierra, 81, 85, 203 
Crossbill, Sierra, 203 
Curlew, Hudsonian, 22, 155, 156 
Long-billed, 116, 143, 148 
Cyanocitta stelleri frontalis, 84, 203 
Cyanolaemus clemenciae. 41 
Cyrtonyx montezumae mearnsi, 227 
D 
Dafila acuta, 217 
Daggett, F. S., another instance of cannibalism 
in the spotted owl, 40 
Darter, 182 
Dawson, W. L-, a glimpse of surf-birds, 5 ; 
an unfortunate dove, 42; the nesting 
of the prairie falcon in San Luis Obispo 
County, 55; Allan Brooks~a.n appre- 
ciation, 69; the all-day test at Santa 
Barbara, 153; Scott oriole (Icterus 
parisoruiii) at Santa Barbara, 158; a 
mnemonic device for color workers 
based on a consideration of Ridgway’s 
‘‘color standards and nomenclature,” 
211 ; a practical system of color desig- 
nation, a partial critique of Ridgway’s 
“color standards and nomenclature,” 
212; identification by camera, 204; re- 
view of The Auk for July, 1913, 234; 
review of Bird-Tore for September- 
October, 1913, 234. 
Dendragapus obscurus sierrae, 203 
Dendrocygna bicolor, 21, 118 
Dendroica aestiva brewsteri, 84, 202, 203 
auduboni, 24, 85, 113, 203 
coronata, 131 
coronata hooveri, 131 
nigrescens, 111 
occidentalis, 188 
Diomedea immutabilis, 158 
Dipper, American, 203 
Directory of members of the Cooper Orni- 
thological Club, 160 
Dixon, J., communication from, collecting in 
Alaska, 159 
Dove, Mourning, 42, 94, 183 
Western Mourning, 22, 91, 156 
Dowitcher, Long-billed, 75, 157, 205 
Dryobates nuttalli, 119 
pubescens medianus,, 120 
pubescens turati, 119 
villosus hyloscopus, 119, 203 
villosus villosus, 120 
Duck, Fulvous Tree, 21, 118, 120 
Lesser Scaup, 21 
Ruddy, 21, 118, 120, 154, 156 
Dunlin, 139, 146, 194, 195 
E 
Eagle, Bald, 22, 86, 91 
Golden, 119, 203 
Ectopistes migratorius, 26 
Editorial Notes and News, 44, 95, 130, 159, 
185, 230 
Egret, 118, 129 
Snowy, 155, 156 
Elanus leucurus, 184 
Empidonax difficilis difficilis, 23, 91 
griseus, 1 10, 229 
trailli trailli, 83, 119, 202 
wrighti, 203 
Erismatura jamaicensis, 21,. 118 
Euphagus cyanocephalus, 183 
