190 ^x\. Land Bitds of Lake Valley, Col. [^"J' 



75. Oreospiza chlorura. Green-tailed Towhee. — Mr. Tajlor 

 secured two speciinens in September at Glen Alpine Springs. 



76. Zamelodia melanocephala. Black-headed Grosbeak. — I 

 noticed it on a ridge east of P'allen Leaf Lake where a male was pouring 

 forth his clear, jovous notes from the top of a fir. 



77. Cyanospiza amcena. Lazuli Bunting. — A single specimen was 

 shot in September, iSq6, on Silver Creek, at about 7000 feet, bj Mr. Price, 

 who states it is rare above 4500 feet. 



78. Piranga ludoviciana. Western Tanager. — The most brilliantly 

 colored bird in tlie region. While it is fairly abundant in Lake Valley, 

 it is more common in the heavy timber on the mountain sides. A nest 

 was found June 11, 1901, on the Bijou camp grounds in a tamarack only 

 15 feet up (misprinted 25, Osprey, \^ol. V, No. S). containing five fresh 

 eggs. Anotlier, at Fyfte, 38 miles west of the summit, was 50 feet up in 

 a pine, and held four partly incubated eggs. The average height, how- 

 ever, is about 30 feet. The nests are frail grosbeak-like structures of 

 rootlets. 



79. Petrochelidon lunifrons. Cliff Swallow. — Common; forty 

 nests were found under the eaves of an old saloon built over the water at 

 Rowlands. Eggs and young in all stages during June. 



80. Hirundo erythrogaster palmeri. Western Barn Swallow. — 

 Common, nests in barns and other outbuildings about Bijou and Row- 

 lands. A lather strange nest was found at the latter place on June 19, 

 1902, containing four fresh eggs. It was plastered against a lafter in a 

 small cottage, the bird gaining entrance through a small jagged hole in a 

 windowpane. 



81. Tachycineta bicolor. * Tree Swallow. — Abundant along the 

 lake shore, especially about Rowlands, where it nests in dead trees and 

 stumps about the marsh. A nest found at this place on June 12, 1901, 

 was placed in a hole of a pile of an old wharf, over the water, and held 

 six eggs in which incubation had just begun. The nest was profusely 

 lined with feathers. On June 22., 1902, a nest was found in the same hole 

 with five well incubated eggs and two others nearby held large young. 



82. Tachycineta thalassina. Violet-green Swallow. — Seen in 

 August on the lakes in Glen Alpine nearly every year by Mr. Price. 



83. Vireo gilvus swainsoni. Western Warbling Vireo. — Ob- 

 served by Mr. Barlow on the Forni meadow near Pyramid Peak, altitude 

 7500 feet, in June, 1900. 



84. Vireo solitarius cassini. Cassin Vireo. — |_Mr. Price notes it as 

 rare in Glen Alpine except during the early migration of the young when 

 they are very common. 



85. Helminthophila rubricapilla gutturalis. Calaveras Warbler. — 

 Mr. Price states it is rather common at Glen Alpine and on the slopes of 

 Mt. Tallac to at least 8000 feet. 



86. Helminthophila celata lutescens. Lutescent Warbler. — 

 Observed by Mr. Price to be rather common in Glen Alpine in July and 

 August, although he states he has no evidence that it breeds. 



