CONTENTS

Frontispiece. Surf-birds: Wind-blown Wing .................................. I. Leon IDawson 4 A Glimpse of Surf-birds (with five photos) ...................................... Fe'. Leon IDawson 5 Concealing and Revealing Coloration of Animals ............................ Junius Z/enderson 8 Swallows and Bedbugs .................................................... 2Tdward R. I/barren 14 Notes on Some Fresno County Birds ........................ Joltn G. Tyler 16 Bird Notes from the Coast of Northern Lower California George Willell 19 The Outlook for Conserving the Band-tailed Pigeon as a Game Bird of Calior- nia (with map) ............................................................. Joseph Grinnell 25 FRO.M FIELD AND STUDY: Another Instance of Cannibalism in the Spotted Owl Frank .;. IDaccell 40 A Specimen of Bendire Thrasher in the San Diegan Reg/on Loye /tller 41 Birds New to the Vicinity of Lake Coeur d'Alene, Kootenai County, Idaho li'. J. Ifttst 41 White-throated Sparrow in Western Washington ..................... J- IZ. ]owles 41 Some Late Nesting Notes from the Huachuca Mountains, Arizona, F. C. lllard 41 More Band-tailed Pigeon Notes ................................... IV. Lee Chambers 41 An Unfortunate Dove (with photo) ............................... Ve'illiam Leon IDawson 42 No-Sale of American- killed Wild Game ................... IV. jo. Taylor 42 The Supposed Occurrence of the Blue Goose in California. IZ. S. Swarlh 45 The Black-chinned Hummingbird n lIarin Cc, Cal... Joseph Arailliard 43 EDITORIAL NOTES AND NEWS ........................................................ 44 Report of Progress in Conservation._ Ve'. jo. Taylor 45 PUBLICATIONS REVIEWED ................................................................................ 46 IIINUTES OF COOPER CLUB IEETINGS ............................................................. 51 lntered as second-class matter February, 1908, at the Dost office at Los Angeles (Hollywood Station), California. under Act of Congress of March 3, 1,n79. Issued from the Office of The Condor, First National Bank Building, Hollywood, Cal. x9x 3 Dues and Subscriptions ARE NOW PAYABLE Remember that both the business managers are very busy with their regular occupations and that there is no salary connected with ANY office of "THE CONDOR."' The Condor work with all of us is a pleasure and is purely a matter of sentiment. Please help us all you can by remitting at once. $1.50 for U.S. Subscriptions $1.75 for Foreign Subscriptions $2.00 for U.S. Members $2.25 for Foreign Members W. LEE CHAMBERS, Bus. Manager Eagle Rock, Los Angeles Co., Cal.