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33. Picoides^tenuirostris. Sierra Three-toed Woodpecker. — Mr. 

 W. W. Price records two joung shot at the head of Glen Alpine gorge 

 July, 1898, and a pair near Pyramid Peak, August, 1896. 



34. Sphyrapicus thyroideus. Williamson Sapsucker. — Noted as 

 nesting at the base of Pyramid Peak by Mr. Chester Barlow. Mr. L. E. 

 Taylor collected an immature female at Cascade Lake on August 8. 



35. Ceophlceus pileatus abieticola. Northern Pileated Wood- 

 pecker. — Mr. Taylor collected a male at Gilmore Springs, near Tallac, 

 Sept. 2, 1901. 



36. Melanerpes torquatus. Lewis Woodpecker. — Mr. R. H. Beck 

 records it as common and breeding about Bijou in the summer of 1896. 

 Personally I have not observed it in the region. 



37. Colaptes cafer collaris. Red-shafted Flicker. — A common 

 species, nesting at various heights in dead pines in Lake Valley and on 

 the mountain sides. All nests examined during June, 1901 and 1902, con- 

 tained young. 



38. Phalaenoptilus nuttallii californicus. Dusky Poorwill. — Mr. 

 Taylor collected a female at Meyer's Station on Sept. 2, 1901. 



39. Chordeiles virginianus. Nighthawk. — The Nighthawk is 

 extremely common, and only on cloudy days when they fly low is one 

 able to realize the abundance of these birds. I noticed at least 100 in one 

 band on the road to Star Lake, darting back and forth in what was 

 evidently a good feeding ground. A single set of two eggs is recorded 

 by Mr. Price as being found on a bare rock near Suzy Lake late in July, 

 but where the thousands of Nighthawks breed is still a mystery. I have 

 never found a nest nor an indication of one, and probably the reason is 

 the birds do not start to breed until the end of July or later. 



40. Calypte anna. Anna Hummingbird. — Mr. Price records a 

 female, evidently a straggler, as being shot near Pyramid Peak, July, 1896. 



41. Selasphorus platycercus. Broad-tailed Hummingbird. — 

 Recorded as a rather rare summer visitant at Lake Tahoe in Grinnell's 

 ' Check-list of California Birds.' 



42. Selasphorus rufus. Rufous Hummingbird. — Mr. W. W. Price 

 notes this bird as common and nesting about Glen Alpine. I also saw it 

 occasionally at Bijou. 



43. Contopus borealis. Olive-sided Flycatcher. — This flycatcher 

 is not abundant in Lake Valley ; I noticed it occasionally at Rowlands, 

 but more often on the mountain sides among the heavy timber. 



44. Contopus richardsoni. Western Wood Pewee. — A very com- 

 mon bird throughout the region. I found a freshly built nest on June 7, 

 1901, near Lake Tahoe at 30 feet up in a dead tree near a small stream; 

 another at Bijou, on June 20, 1901, placed on a branch of a small tamarack, 

 15 feet up, with three fresh eggs. On June 18, 1902, near Bijou, a nest 

 was found saddled on a tamarack branch, 12 feet up, and also contained 

 three fresh eggs ; and another nearby was situated in a tamarack 40 feet 

 up with the same complement. The last two nests, now before me, are 



