DEC 7 1923 
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Bird Tourists of Southern 
California 
BY ELI Z A BETH AND JOSEPH CRINNELL. 
Authors of “ Our Feathered Friends." 
UR newspapers frequently note the “ flocking ” of tour¬ 
ists to Southern California — the human wanderers who 
come with each revolving season eager to stow away as 
much as they can of our climate and our fruit ; but seldom 
mention the birds, those faithfully returning visitants who pay 
us liberally for board and lodging, throwing in a series of 
entertainments well worth our while. 
They are “deadheads,” these bird tourists, to whom invisible 
aerial railroads have issued free passes, which often include 
whole families or townships, so that when they arrive they 
take us by storm, as many of us as are prepared for them. 
Those who are not prepared for them may never even see them 
or hear their voices. It is well to prepare the eye and ear for 
these varied travelers, that we may recognize them at sight, 
C. M. Davis Eng. Co. 
THE ROBIN—FROM FIFE. 
These illustrations from photographs of living wild birds—caught, photographed and let tly again—are 
unique. So successful portraits of our feathered friends have never been made before ; they are a great aid to 
identification. — E d. 
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