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Some Owls Along the Gila River in Arizona (with five photos). /. French Gilman 145 The Nesting of the Heermann Gull (with two photos) ......... Pingree I. Osburn 151 Fall Notes from Eastern Kansas ................................. ,41ec. IFegrnore 154 Cliff Climbing for Prairie Falcon Eggs (with two photos) ....... George Richards 164 Nesting Notes on the Lucy XVarbler ........................ [. French Gilman 166 Notes on Some Birds of Kern County ......................... Harry H. Sheldon 168 FROM FIELD AND STUDY The Wilson Phalarope at Santa Barbara ..................... Bradford Torrey 173 Limohires rnficollis in Alaska ........................... John 1. Thayer 173 The Allen Hummingbird at San Diego in Winter .......... Bradford Torrey 173 Red-eyed Cowbird at Sacaton, Arizona .................. 2P[. French Gilman 173 The Blue~winged Teal at Santa Barbara ................... Bradford Torrey 173 Notes from Placer Connty .................................... Ernest ,4darns 174 The Sage Thrasher at San Diego .......................... Bradford Torrey 174 Notes on the Nesting of the Bank Swallow ............... l). I. Shepardson 174 The Ruddy Turnstone at Santa Barbara .................. Bradford Torrey 174 Sparrow Hawk Nesting in a Bird Box .................... Loye Holmes 2P[iller 174 EDITORIAL IOTES AND IEW$ .......................................... 175 PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED .................................................. 176 CORRESPONDESCE: A Color Code ............................ F. Grinndl, Jr. 177 DIRECTORY OF [EMBERS OF THE COOPER ORNITHOLOGICAL CLUB ............. 177 Entered as second-class malter February. x9o8, at the post offic* at Los Angeles (Hollywood Station}, California, under Act of Congress of March 3, 1879. Issued from The Officc of The Condor, First National Bank Bufiding, Hollywood. Cal. Price Lit of Cooper Club Publications Some of these are very Scarce THE CONDOIK Vol. I--$99--Bulletin of the Cooper Ornithological Club. No complete Vols. on hand Vol. II--I9OO Complete 3 oo Vol. Vll--i9o 5 Complete x 5 Vol. III--x9ox " 3 oo Vol. VIIl--x9o6 " i 5o Vol. IV--I9O2 " - 2 oo Vol. [X--I9O 7 " - x 50 Vol. V--I9O3 " - x 50 Vol. X--I9O8 " I 50 Vol. VI--I9O 4 " I 50 Vol. XI--I9O 9 Subscription  50 Separates:--"List of Land Birds of Placerville, Cal." (Central Sierra Nevada Mountains) By CH]KSTEIR BARLO 35 PP-, tI half tones 5o cts. PACIFIC COAST AIFAUNA No. I, 1900---Birds of the Kotzebue Sound Region, Alaska. 88 pp. and map, 75 cts. By J. GRINNELL No. II, 1901--Land Birds of Santa Cruz County, Cal.; By R. C. McGREGOR 22 pp., 25 cts. No. III, 1902--Check List of California Birds; By J. Gx.[x xoo pp. and 2 maps, 75 cts. No. IV, 1904--Birds of the Huachuca Mts., ArSzona; y H^RaVS..e,WaTl 75 PP., 5O cts. NO. V, 1909--A Bibliography of California Ornithology; By j. C. RI.eLL 166 pp., X 5O NO. VI, 1909--Ten-Vear Index to THE CONDOR, By H. B. Kma 48 pp., I 00 Address: J. EUGENE LAW, Business Manager Hollywood, California. Or, W. LEE CHAMBERS, Business Manager Santa Nionica, California. When replying to adverti.nements please raention TIlE CONDOR