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life as are found in Plumas County, California, or at other 

 similar portions of the Western slope of the Sierra Nevada at 

 4000 to 5000 feet, except, perhaps, that the Hermit Warbler 

 and the White-headed Woodpecker are not found breeding at 

 the low level of Weed, though the latter comes down in the 

 fall. The Long-tailed Jay was noted at Weed, but no specimen 

 was secured. It seemed to be scarce and wary in this locality. 

 In fact, it was noted at but one other station in this county, that 

 is, at Yreka. 



Miss Kellogg does not mention the Pygmy Nuthatch as 

 noted at any station, and Townsend did not find it in the Shasta 

 region, while Merriam speaks of it as having been noted at 

 Edgewood and Sisson only, and then rather late in the season. 

 As may be seen in the appended table, we found it everywhere 

 except at Yreka, where there was no appropriate cover for it. 



Dr. Will S. Tebbe of the Weed hospital, gave us information 

 concerning likely places to visit, with the reasons therefor, as 

 well as for advice and aid in regard to reaching them. I take 

 this opportunity to thank him in the name of the California 

 Academy of Sciences as well as in a personal way, for the 

 assistance so kindly and enthusiastically given, and for intro- 

 ductions to others who also were of much assistance to us. 

 Dr. Tebbe's knowledge of Siskiyou County is very extended, 

 having been acquired by long residence and an active profes- 

 sional life in a thinly settled country as well as by numerous 

 hunting and fishing expeditions, so that his suggestions con- 

 cerning various localities that might prove of interest in our 

 work were especially valuable. Following one of these sug- 

 gestions, after a few days combing of Weed and its immediate 

 neighborhood, we moved, on May 16, to Stewart's Springs, a 

 well-known summer camping resort about eight miles south- 

 west of Weed, Dr. Tebbe taking us there in his own car and 

 Mr. Lloyd assisting with our impedimenta. This place is 

 owned by Mr. and Mrs. E. C. Lloyd of Weed, who most kindly 

 placed the cabin there, furnished with household utensils, at 

 our disposal. This place is on Park's Creek, which here flows 

 through a steep and rocky ravine at an elevation of about 4300 

 feet, and is in the forest proper where very little lumbering has 

 been done. On the east side of the stream the forest is so thick 



