CONTENTS The Short-eared Owl in Saskatchewan (with one photo) ............ Waller ?t. Goelitz 101 Notes on the Nesting Habits of the White-throated Swift in Colorado (with six photos) ............................................................................... Win. C. 2?radbury 103 A Return to the Dakota Lake Region ........................ Ptorence Merriam Baite?/ 110 Costa's Hummingbird--Its Type Locality, Early History, and Name. ................. ..................................................................................................................... T. S. Palmer 114 The Distribution of the Subspecies of the Brown Towbee (Pipilo 'crissalis) (with map and figures) ................................................................................... I-I. S. Swarth 117 FROM FIELD AND STUDY Are Red-headed lVoodpeckes Moving West? .............................. ?11do Leopold 122 A Peculiarity of Plmnage in Some Specimens of the Heermann Gull (with one photo) ........................................................... George Willell 122 Additional Records of European Widgeon in California__ _Joseph zl4railliard 122 Another Reference to Early Experiments in Keeping Hummingbirds in Captivity .................................................................................. 7. S. Palmer 123 An Odd Nest of the Song Sparrow of Los Coronados Islands (with one photo by J. 2?. Dixon) ............................................. _Nelson K. Carpenter 124 The Tragical Addition of a New Bird to the Campus List _ l?ichard Hunt 125 Nesting Notes from the San Bernardino Valley ...................... W. C. Hanna 126 The Salton Sink Song Sparrow at Oro Grande, California_ .................... .............................................................................................. Wright 1if. Pierce 126 A Surprising Trait in the Black-necked Stilt ................................. oye 174tiller 126 XVood Ibis at San Diego ....................................................................... Henry Grey 126 Evidence on the Food of Hawks and Owls in California ..................................... ............................................................................................... Harold C. 2?ryant 126 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS ............................................................................ 128 ?ntered as second-class matter February, 1908, at the post-office at Los Angeles (Hollywood Station), California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Issued from the Office of THE CONDOR, care ]E. D. Dietz, First 1?atlonal Bank, Hollywood, California MEETINGS OF THE G00PER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB SOUTHEriN D?WmON: At the Museum of History, Science, and Art, Exposition Park, Los Angeles. Time of meeting, 8 P.M., the last Thurs- day of every month; or on the Tuesday evening preceding, when the last Thursday falls on a holiday. Take south-bound car from town; on Spring Street, the car marked "University", on Hill Street the car marked "Ver- mont and Georgia". Get off at Vermont Avenue and Thirty-ninth Street. Walk two blocks east to Exposition Park. The Museum is the building with the large dome. NORTHERN DMSION: At the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology, Uni- versity of California, Berkeley. Time of meeting, 8 P. ?., the third Thursday of every month. Take any train or car to University Campus. The Museum of Vertebrate Zoology is a large corrugated iron building situated on the south side of the campus immediately north of the foot- ball bleachers.
