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Lobipes lobatus, 193, 218 
Loon, 20, 157 
Pacific, 20, 157 
Lophortyx californica, 158 
californica vallicola, 17, 22 
gambeli, 93, 158 
Loxia curvirostra bendirei, 203 
lyimda cirrhata, 88 
M 
Machetes pugnax, 141, 148, 196 
Mailliard, J., the black-chinned hummingbird 
in Marin County, California, 43; the 
Stephens fox sparrow in Marin County, 
California, once more, 93 ; Henry Bar- 
roilhet Kaeding, 191 ; some curious 
nesting places of tlie Allen humming- 
bird on the Rancho San Geronimo, 205 ; 
dry season notes, 228 
Mallard, 94, 121, 176 
Mareca americana, 21, 184 
Marila affinis, 21 
americana, 120 
Martin, Western, 119, 156 
Massey, H., notes on the eggs of the North 
American Limicolae, referring princi- 
pally to the accidental visitors, 193 
McAtee, W. L-, review of his “the experi- 
mental method of testing the efficiency 
of warning and cryptic coloration in 
protecting animals from their enemies”, 
47 ; review of his “index to papers re- 
lating to the food of birds in the pub- 
lications of the United States Depart- 
ment of Agriculture, 1885-1911,” 132 
Meadowlark, Western, 23, 91, 93, 94, 157 
Megaquiscalus major macrourus, 183 
Melanerpes formicivorus formicivorus, 227 
formicivorus bairdi, 119 
Meleagris gallopavo, 104 
gallopavo merriami, 104, 105 
gallopavo mexicana, 104 
gallopavo silvestris, 105 
Melopclia asiatica trudeaui, 182 
Melospiza lincolni lincolni, 203 
melodia cooperi, 23 
melodia graminea, 91 
melodia inexpectata, 131 
melodia montana, 203 
Merganser, Red-breasted, 21, 156, 157 
Mergus serrator, 21 
Miller, L., a specimen of Bendire thrasher in 
the San Diegan region, 41 ; review of 
his “contributions to avian Palaeontol- 
ogy from the Pacific Coast of North 
America,” 48 ; late fall occurrence of the 
black-headed grosbeak, 92 
Mimus polyglottos leucopterus, 24 
Minutes of Cooper Club Meetings, 51, 97, 133, 
160, 189, 236 
Mockingbird, Western, 24, 156, 228 
Mudhen, 218 
Murie, O. J., unusual nesting site of the mal- 
lard, 176 
Murre, California, 88, 89 
Murrelet, Xantus, 20, 87, 89, 208 
Muscivora forficata, 182 
Myadestes townsencli, 94 
Myers, H. W., early arrival of the black-head- 
ed grosbeak, 94 
Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni, 23, 83, 203 
N 
Nannus hiemalis hiemalis, 121 
Nelson, E. W., obituary of Herbert Brown, 
186 
X’ettion carolinense, 118, 217 
Nighthawk, Pacific, 82, 92, 203 
Texas, 184 
Nucifraga columbiana, 203 
Numenius americanus, 116, 143, 148, ISO 
hudsonicus, 22 
phaeopus, 143, 148, 196 
-Nutcracker, Clarke, 86, 203 
IVuthatch, Pigmy, 198 
Red-breasted, 203 
Slender-billed, 85, 119, 203 
Nuttallornis borealis, 83, 203 
X'ycticorax nycticorax naevius, 117 
o 
Oberholser, H. C., review of his “a revision of 
the forms of the great blue heron (Ar- 
dca Iicrodias Linnaeus),” 50; review of 
Ridgway’s “color standards and color 
nomenclature,” 131 
Oceanodroma homochroa, 89, 229 
leucorhoa, 158 
Ochthodromus wilsonius, 147, 150 
Oidemia perspicillata, 21, 41 
Oporornis tolmiei, 85 
Oreortyx picta plumifera, 83, 203 
Oreoscoptes montanus, 183 
Oreospiza chlorura, 84, 203 
Oriole, Arizona Hooded, 156, 157, 227, 228 
Bullock, 50 
Scott, 119, 158, 232 
Osprey, American, 22, 210 
Otocoris alpestris insularis, 91 
alpestris merrilli, 135 
Otus asio bendirei, 156 
asio mccalli, 182 
Owl, Barn, 22, 157, 210 
Burrowing, 18, 22, 157 
California Pigmy, 157 
California Screech, 156 
Long-eared, 17 
Pacific Horned, 92, 154, 156, 228 
Short-eared, 121 
Spotted, 40, 229 
Oxyechus vociferus, 117, 147, 150, 218 
