i : ?'s ;1?1 $11 I I I' I CONTENTS The Dusky Warbler (front a water-color painting by ?411an Brooks) ........ Fronlispiece fhe Nesting of the Prairie Falcon in San Luis Obispo Count)' (with five photos by the author and one drawing by ?411an Brooks) ............ lt/illiam Lfon Dawson William Leon D,twson--A Biography (with portrait and two phot(,s) lu r. S. Swarth 62 The Baird Sandpiper (photo by ?M. L. Pawson: special illus:ration} ......................... 68 Allan Brooks--An Appreciation (with portrait} ................... fVdlidji? Leon Dawson 69 High Tide: Long-btlled Dowitchers at Rest (photo by HI. L. l?awson: special illustration } ......................................................................................................... 75 eucosticte te,6hrocot?s daw$oni?a new Race of Rosy Finch from the Sierra Nevada ................................................................. Josetilt Grinnell 76 Bonaparte Gull in the Estero, Santa Barbara (photo by 1?/. L. l?awson: special illustration) .................................................................................. 80 Great Destruction of Birds' Eggs and Nestlings in the Sierra Nevada (with two photos by ]?lr$. lE H x. Cooley) .............................................. d. 1;I. lnL?er$oll 8t Birds Observed in the Summer of 1912 Among the Santa Barbara Islands (wilh two photos by the anthots)'. ............................. l?]oward ?Mrigld and (.;. /(. ?o,der 86 FRO,?I FIELD AND STUDY: Late Pall Occurreuce of the Black-headed Orosbeak ........................ Loye l?ffiller 92 The Results of Some Miscellaneous Stomach Examinations ..... l-]. C. ]?rj'au? 92 The Stephens Fox Sparrow in Marin Count)' once mo?. Josefi? ?aiHi, rd Artificial Hatching of a Cassia Auklet ................................................... C. L Clay 93 Oam?! ?nail {Lo?horlyxffambeli} in Colorado ............... L.J. ?ler$t? 93 ?me Winter Notes from the Bitter R?t Valley, Mont. ._Bernurd ?'ailey 94 A No?hern Winter Station for the Band-tailed Pi?on ........ ? H. G'ilbe? t 94 ?atly Arrival of the Black-headed Oros?k .......... ?arriet ?illiam$ ?l)'er$ 94 EDITORIA? NOTES AND N?W$ ....................................................................................... 95 COMMUNICATION Misinformation ................................................................ ?emy ?. ?dinff MINUTE? O? COOPER CLUB MEETINOS ................................................................. 97 i?ntered as second-class matter February, t908, at the post office at Los Angeles (Hollywood .'Station}, California, under Act of Congress of blarch 3. 1?19. Issued from the Office of The Condor. First National Bank Buildln?, Hollywood, Cal. PACIFIC COAST AVlFAUNA No. 1, 1900 Birds of the Kotzebue ?ound Region, Alaska; 80 pp. ?nd map, o By J. GRINNELl. No. 9_, 1901 Land Birds of Santa Cruz County, California; 22 pp. 25c By R. C. McGreGOR No. $, 1902 Check-List of Califoruia Birds; 100 pp. and 9_ maps $1.$0 By J. GRINNEI.L NO. 4, 1904 Birds of the HuachucaMoun- taint, Arizona, 75 pp. - By H. S. No. 5, 1909 A Bibliography of Califor- nia Ornithology; 166 pp. ?1.$0 By J. GRINNELL NO. 6, 1909 Te?- Year I?dex to TH? CON?O?, 4S pp. - $L00 By H. B. KA?-mN6 NO. ?. 1912 Birds 0? the Pacific Slope o! Sonthem California; 122 pp. ?1.50 By G. WII.LE ?-?r No. 8, 1912 A Systematic List of the Birds of California; 23 pp. By J. I?OR 8AlE BY W. LEE CHAMBERS, Busi.ess M?.?ger [3?le Rods, Los Al?eles Co? The first v01umc of BIRB-LORE Contained 206 pages and no colored plates. The Latest Volume Contained 469 pages and 14 colored plates. The magazine has grown but the PRICE REMAINS THE SAME $1.00 a year; single numbers 20c D. APPLETON & CO. Crescent and Mulberry Sts, Har- i risburg, Pa., or New York City.
