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water, like those of the Red-wing, and others a few feet up in tamarack 

 saplings. All these situations are quite at variance with those selected 

 on the coast, which is generally in a pine or evergreen about 20 feet up. 

 I noticed in June, 1901, large numbers of these birds nesting in the sage- 

 brush near Carson, Nevada, owing to the absence of trees ; but the most 

 unusual nests were a number found in cavities of old piles over the water 

 at Bijou and Rowlands. One of these, at the latter place, was above 20 

 feet of water and 50 yards from the shore. It held five large voung on 

 June 29, 1902, but could not be photographed successfully owing to the 

 lack of contrast, the birds, nest and pile all being dark requiring a time 

 exposure impossible in a canoe. As with the other blackbirds, the 

 breeding season extends through June, although the majority of nests 

 had young bj June 15. 



57. Coccothraustes vespertinus montanus. Western Evening 

 Grosbeak. — Observed bj Mr. Barlow at Echo, just west of the summit, 

 on June 14, 1901. 



58. Pinicola californica. California Pini-: Grosbeak. — Mr. Barlow 

 saw this bird at Forni's, at the base of Pyramid Peak, on June 9, 1900. 



59. Carpodacus purpureus californicus. California Purple Finch. 

 — Collected at Glen Alpine on June 24, 1900, by Mr. Price, who states it 

 is rare on the east slope of the lange. 



60. Carpodacus cassini. Cassin Purple Finch. — This purple finch 

 is found, though not abundantly, in Lake Valley. It was common about 

 Wright's Lake and Forni's in the Pyramid Peak region in July, 1902. At 

 Bijou, June 10, 1901, I located a nest in a massive pine over 100 feet up and 

 so far out on the branch as to be inaccessible. A few days later I located 

 a nest near Lakeside in a similar situation. 



61. Carpodacus mexicanus frontalis. House Finch. — Extremely 

 common, especially about Bijou. I am inclined to think the abundance 

 of this bird has been attributed by error to Carpodacus cassini. I found 

 numerous nests in small pines and tamaracks, from six to fifteen feet up, 

 and placed in the usual careless manner with little or no attempt at con- 

 cealment. Here the birds are late breeders, nest building commencing in 

 the latter part of June, and in most cases no eggs were deposited until 

 July 1 or later. Most sets consisted of thi-ee eggs, of the usual white 

 ground color with a faint tinge of bluish, lightly spotted. 



62. Loxia curvirostra bendirei. Sierra Crossbill. — Rare. Mr. 

 Taylor collected a female near Meyer's Station Sept. i, 1901, and it has 

 been seen on two occasions by Mr. Price, once near Pyramid Peak, and 

 at Glen Alpine. 



63. Leucosticte tephrocotis. Gray-crowned Leucosticte. — ■ 

 Observed by various writers on the summit of Pyramid Peak. On our 

 visit, July 5, 1902, numerous leucostictes were seen flying about the boul- 

 ders and on the broad patches of snow. I patiently watched a number 

 for about half an hour with a field glass but failed to notice any indication 

 of a nest in the vicinity. In the meantime my brother and Heinemann 



