THE OOLOGIST 



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crowned Leucosticte aud soon saw sev- 

 eral flying about in the patches of 

 snow. Some time was spent with this 

 bird, and for further notes see the 

 Condor for September, 1910. 



Leaving the pealv about 5 p. m., it 

 did not take long to get back to the 

 meadow. On the way down I flushed 

 a White-crowned from a nest and five 

 fresh eggs. The nest was placed at 

 the base of a small rock on the ground. 



On the 11th we started for a lake 

 nearby but got off the track and spent 

 the greater part of the day in the 

 woods about the meadow. A nest of 

 the Blue-fronted Jay was found with 

 small young and two nests of the 

 White-headed Woodpecker, also with 

 small young, and a nest of the Wood 

 Pewee apparently completed though 

 we did not climb for same. Several 

 nests of the Robin and Chippy with 

 young and a nest of small young of 

 the Mountain Chickadee were discov- 

 ered. We left camp this afternoon and 

 crossed the hills and made our way 

 down to Lake of the Woods; most of 

 the time we were going over snow- 

 banks and in many places the cliffs 

 were so steep that I could not see 

 Ray, though he was only a rod or so 

 away. We got to the lake late in the 

 afternoon and after lunch we prepar- 

 ed to sleep, building a fire out of the 

 dry wood found here. We laid down 

 to rest and with the clear sky over- 

 head we were soon in the land of 

 dreams. 



Spent the morning about the lake, 

 and here we saw several Pine Gros- 

 beasks, a nest of the Mountain Chicka- 

 dee with small young, and one addled 

 egg was found in a dead iiart of a 

 Red Cedar. A few Robins and a num- 

 ber of Cassins Purple Finches were 

 about the lake. 



We were away from the lake early 

 and by 1:30 we were back on the State 

 Road at Phillips Station. On our trip 



over the mountain we flushed a pair of 

 Sooty Grouse and several mountain 

 Quail and saw several Pine Grosbeaks. 



After a hearty meal at Phillips we 

 walked up the road a couple of miles 

 and stopped at a deserted cabin. A 

 short walk here in the late afternoon 

 we found a nest of Audubon's Warb- 

 ler and Sierra Junco. 



The next morning we got out early 

 and worked along the road back to 

 Phillips Station and found nests of the 

 Sierra Hermit Thrush, Junco, Audu- 

 bon's Warbler and two nests of the 

 Mountain Chickadee with small young, 

 one of the latter only about 8 inches 

 from the ground in a stump. After a 

 hearty breakfast, which included some 

 cf the famous mountain trout, we 

 worked about the station and found 

 several nests of the Junco and one of 

 the Hermit Thrush; some of Juncoes 

 had fresh eggs and others had young. 

 On climbing to a nest of Audubon's 

 Warblers a pair of Wood Pewees made 

 a fuss and I soon located the nest 

 which had three slightly incubated 

 eggs; the Warblers had small young 

 and as we were waiting for lunch wo 

 saw another Warbler gathering straws 

 for a nest, and Ray found one with 

 fresh eggs, so the dates are rather un- 

 certain. 



Saw several Western Evening Gros- 

 beaks here and also a pair of Pine 

 Grosbeaks. Kinglets were not uncom- 

 mon but diligent work on our part 

 only brought to light one nest which 

 was building. Robins and Chippies 

 were not uncommon about here, but 

 all had large young. In a meadow we 

 saw several Spotted Sandpipers. 



On the 14th we left for the lake, 

 which we reached in the afternoon 

 tired but not downhearted. On our 

 way down Ray saw a Water Ouzel fly 

 out from under a bridge and soon had 

 the nest located; to reach it, it was 

 necessary to swim out in the ice cold 



