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the ridge a pair of Sharp-shinned Hawks {Accipiter 7'e/ox rzcfila- 

 tus) flew out among the rocky crevices and hovered above, but I 

 could not locate the nest. Following the ridge the ascent of Job's 

 Peak and Job's Sister was made, and lastly Freel's Peak, which 

 lies 10,849 f eet aDOve the sea level. We did not see any Leu- 

 costictes (Leucosticte tephrocotis tephrocotis') about the summits of 

 these peaks, as we expected we would, but, strange to say, we 

 observed near the top of Freel's Peak, and also further down on 

 the broad patches of snow, a small dull-colored bird about the 

 size of a Chipping Sparrow which we were unable to secure or 

 identify. 



The view from the top of Freel's Peak was magnificent, Hope 

 Valley lying below on one side and Lake Valley and Lake Tahoe 

 on the opposite. To the east was Nevada, with the fertile Carson 

 Valley and countless ranges of barren mountains fading away in 

 the dim distance. Surrounding Lake Tahoe and running in a 

 northerly and southerly direction extended a never-ending line of 

 snow-capped peaks rising above the heavy timber. 



After spending some time running over the records of the Sierra 

 Club, in the brass cylinder on the peak, we started for camp 

 where we arrived about nine o'clock in the evening. 



June 28. — We rested to-day from our trip. On the porch of 

 the hotel a pair of Mountain Bluebirds {Sialia arctica) have their 

 nest with young, and while we lounge around reading magazines 

 the parents flit back and forth with provender for the juveniles, 

 heedless of our presence. 



June 2Q. — I found a dead male Lazuli Bunting (Cyanospiza 

 amcena) near camp to-day. 



June 30. — Cascade Lake was visited to-day but nothing 

 appears in my note book. Late to-day, at Rowlands Marsh, a 

 nest of the Cinnamon Teal {Querquedula cyanoptera), previously 

 located, was visited and found to contain ten practically fresh 

 eg<^s. It was well lined with down and placed among reeds on a 

 narrow strip of land with deep water, on both sides not far from 

 the road. Further on in the sand bank which runs along the 

 lake shore I noted a nest of the Belted Kingfisher (Ceryle alcyon) 

 with large young. 



July j. We left Bijou this morning for Carson City, Nevada, 



