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ever, and the conclusion was reluctantly reached that those 

 above noted were but late migrants on their way north. One 

 specimen of Clark's Nutcracker was taken high up on the range. 



We had been told of orioles which were good singers that 

 were to be found there, but, as we surmised, the "orioles" 

 proved to be Western Tanagers, which seemed to have but 

 recently arrived. Their curious rolling chirp was heard con- 

 stantly as they were apparently looking for good nesting sites. 

 A few of these gave us the benefit of their rather attractive 

 song, but singing was not general on the part of this species. 



One of the interesting features of our stay here was the pass- 

 ing through to higher altitudes of the Townsend Solitaire. This 

 flight, if it might be called such, commenced a day or two after 

 our arrival and for the rest of the week there was hardly a 

 moment when there were not a pair or two of these birds in 

 sight from the cabin door, flying leisurely from tree to tree, 

 alighting on the ground as they often did, or best of all with the 

 male( ?) perched on some dead twig and pouring out his love 

 song — indeed a beautiful one, not loud but particularly soft, 

 liquid, and melodious. In the solitudes of the forest it is 

 especially pleasant to hear. 



We found here the Hammond's Flycatcher quite common 

 though not numerous. Several pair might be seen in a morn- 

 ing's walk, but they appeared to be much scarcer than the indi- 

 cations of insect life seemed to warrant. One pair was building 

 a nest about a quarter of a mile above our camp, but unfortun- 

 ately it was not finished before the end of our stay. 



One Wright's Flycatcher was taken near this camp, but in a 

 more open locality than that occupied by the Hammond's. As 

 the Transition Zone merged quite rapidly into the Canadian 

 at Stewart's Springs, on account of the steepness of the moun- 

 tain sides, some of the birds recorded from this station might 

 be from either zone. Our camp was in Transition, but sugar 

 pine and other indications of the Canadian were not far away. 



Our station on Park's Creek was probably within ten miles 

 of the station of Misses Alexander and Kellogg at the head of 

 Bear Creek, August 5-17, 1911, but on the northerly side of 

 the range, i. e., on the Shasta Valley side, while their camp was 

 on the southerly or Scott Valley side. 



