CONTENTS 
History of a Pair of Pacific Horned Owls (with eight photos) J. B. Dixon 47 
Destruction of Birds in California by Fumigation of Trees A. Brazier Howell 54 
An Asionine Ruse William Leon Dawson 56 
Some Discoveries in the Forest at Fyffe (with eight photos) Milton S. Ray 57 
Birds of Sitka and Vicinity, Southeastern Alaska (with one "photo by 
E. W. Merrill) George Willett 71 
FROM FIELD AND STUDY: 
Hooded Merganser near Los Angeles W. Lee Chambers 92 
A New Bird for the Kansas List Alex Wetmore 92 
California Brown Pelican in British Columbia Mrs. F. T. Bic knell 92 
More Records of the Emperor Goose in California H. C. Bryant 92 
Flight of Swainson Hawks at Pomona, California Adriaan van Rossem 92 
Egrets in Los Angeles County, California Harriet Williams Myers 93 
Two Birds New to Oregon Stanley G. Jewett 93 
Probable Occurrence of the Harris Sparrow in Washington W.Leon Dawson 93 
Mallard Nesting in Tree Alexander Walker 93 
Accidents to Spotted Sandpipers.. ; J. Eugene Law 93 
A New Record for the Pacific Slope of Southern California A. Brazier Howell 93 
Occurrence of the Black-bellied T ree-Duck in Southern California H. C. Bryant 94 
The Great Gray Owl in California , J. Grinnell 94 
Nesting of the Gray Flycatcher in Oregon Alexander Walker 94 
Pigmy Owl in San Antonio Canyon, Los Angeles Co., Cal Wright M. Pierce 94 
Unnsual Plumage of the Female Linnet H. S. Swarth 94 
The Undying Error William Leon Dawson 95 
Albino Anatids ; H. C. Bryant 95 
EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS 96 
COMMUNICATION — Reviews and Just Criticism A. O. Treganza 96 
PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED 97 
MINUTES OF COOPER CLUB MEETINGS 99 
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