180 Random Bird-Notes. _ [ZOE 
Western flycatcher (Zmpidonax difficilis) was observed but 
once along the bushy banks of the Merced River. 
I heard the notes of the olive-sided flycatcher (Contopus 
borealis) on several occasions in the high tree tops along the high 
trails of the valley. 
The western wood pewee (Contopus richardsonit) was not 
uncommon, usually in pairs. A nest was being built in an oak 
near my tent. 
Blue fronted jays were tolerably common in the deep forests. 
and cafions, preferring the cedars and firs. 
Clarke’s nutcracker (P%cicorvus columbianus) was seen on two 
“occasions, once on Sentinel Dome, 8122 feet altitude. 
A single female blackbird (Agelaius) was twice seen flying 
across the meadow by the river, and a western meadow-lark 
(Sturnella magna neglecta) was noticed in the same locality. 
Bullock’s orioles (/cterus bullock?) were seen in the oaks 
near camp. 
Brewer’s blackbird (Scolecophagus cyanocephalus) was nesting 
in trees near the lower hotel. 
In the forenoon of June 25th, while camping near the old 
saw mills not far from Mr. Hutchings’ cabin, a pair of evening 
grosbeaks (Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus) came to our table, 
placed beside a white oak, to pick up crumbs for their young. 
They were not afraid of anyone in camp. 
The purple finches also came to camp every day for food. 
Western chipping sparrows (Spizella socialis arizone) were 
noted several times about camp. I think they had young in an 
old apple orchard near by. 
Juncos were met with only in the deep forests of pines, cedars, 
and firs, and were not paired as far as I could judge. 
A variety of song sparrow was not fully identified. Mr. 
Shelley Denton collected specimens there in 1881, which I am 
sure were MJelospiza fasciata montana. 
_ Lincoln’s Sparrow (Melospiza lincoln’) was seen in the 
_ meadow. 
Thick-billed sparrows were seen several times. I sat by the 
_ trail to Glacier Point where it passes through a stretch of manza- 
nita to hear the song of this species. It is aloud, clear, whistling 
