CONTENTS

The First Outing .................................. Herman T. Bo]lman Frontispiece A Study in Bird Confidence. Ib'illiam Lovell Finley, 8 photos by Herman T. BoMman 9x The Future Problems and Aims st Ornithology--A Letter from Mr. William Brewster ............................................................. 95 Scraps from an Owl Table ................................ Vernon Bailey 97 Notes on the Bohemian Waxwing ................... Rev. S. H. Goodwin 98 Midwinter Birds on the Mojave Desert . ./ogeplt 3[ailliard and Joseph Grinnell (Concluded) ....................................................... The Sage Grouse, Centrocercus urophasianus ...... f. E. Burnett, (x photo) Birds from the West Coast of Lower California and Adjacent Islands Hnery B. 1Caeding xo5 FROM FIELD AND STUDY.--Notes by L. Beldzng, Ill. F. Dean,  Otto Emer- son, Florence 3erriam Bailey, Frank C. I4llard ............. xx2-xx3 NOTES AND NEWS ........................................................ xx4 A New Egg-blowing Device (cut) ...... Ill. . Colvin xx5 Minutes of Club Meetings ............................................ xx5 At Glen Alpine in the Lake Tahoe Forest Reserve, California OPINID JUNE 15th The camp is in Glen Alpine, a famous glacier gorge in the Sierras, six miles southwest of Tallac; elevation 6.7o0 feet above sea level. The camp site is on high ground a few hundred yards from the beautiful lIodjeska Falls. amid a iuxuriant grove of pine and fir trees. Within eight miles of Camp Agassiz are a dozen peaks from eight to ten thousand feet high. on whose sides he eternal snow fields, and there are 44 lakes. of which 3o contain trout--eight different kinds. Is there sucb another region in tbe world? To enjoy the mountains, and all that is in them, to protect the.forests and the game, to explore and make accesstble for others the wild places. is the aim of Camp qgassir. The camp affords unexcelled opportunities for hunting, fishing, and natural history study. It is a place where one may do things, healthful things out of doors, and have more distinct occupalinns --there are t4--than can be found the world over. For fnrther details address the director, WILLIAIf W. PB, ICE, Glen Alpine, Lake Tahoe, - California WILD WINGS Adventures of  C&mer-Hunter &mon the larger Wild Birds ofmerlca on Land and Sea. By HER.BER.T K. JOB Author o f '%q mong the I4ater-Fowl" The book is sure of a welcome by a large and growing class of bird observers and nature lovers. and it will make a special appeal also to sportsmen and others who are attracted by the element of adventure that enters into the study of the larger and wilder birds. With an introductory letter by President Roosevelt. and 6o illustrations. Square 8vo, 13.o0 nel; postage extra. TWO STAND_ID GUIDES Handbook of Birds of the Western United Stte. By Florence $[erriam Bailey. With 34 full-page Illustrations, and over 6oo text Illustra- tinns, most of them by Louis Agassiz Fuertes. xemo, $3.5o, nel; postage, 9 cents. A Guide to the Birds of New England and Eastern New Yorl. y alp/z foffmann. With 4 full page plates by Louis Agassiz Fuertes, and about o0 cuts in the text. x2mo, $1.5o, nel; postage, x3 cents Also issued in a Field Edition, boundin full fiexible leather, pocket size, net; postage,  cents. !I0uht0n, Mililin & Company Boston and New Yorl