1912] Taylor: Birds and Reptiles of Northern Nevada. 373 



June 14. Attention was attracted to it by the agitation betrayed 

 by the pair of birds when the collector appeared in the neigh- 

 borhood. The nest was located twenty feet from the ground, 

 and within two feet of the top of a willow. It was saddled on 

 top of an abandoned oriole's nest. The cavity was 76 mm. (3 

 inches) across and 51 mm. (2 inches) deep. One of its outer 

 edges had a frayed appearance. A third nest containing one 

 young bird in the juvenal plumage barely able to fly was found 

 July 17 at Alder Creek. This nest was twelve feet up in an 

 alder, and was constructed very much like the others. 



Sayornis sayns (Bonaparte) 



Say Phoebe 



Distribution. — Noted at nearly all the camps below 5000 feet 

 altitude. Evidently the bird does not invade Transition. 



Habits. — Very few Say phoebes were observed. One family 

 noted at Big Creek Ranch was made up of the parents and three 

 young ones. The adults were usually out foraging. A broad 

 cross-beam in the open wagon-house was the favorite and almost 

 constantly occupied perch of the juvenals. They sat close 

 together to keep warm, the two of them on the outside facing 

 in one direction, the one in the middle in the opposite direc- 

 tion. At intervals they uttered a plaintive call-note something 

 like "peear! peear!" Ridgway (1877, p. 535) renders it "peer, 

 peer." They had nearly completely acquired the juvenal plum- 

 age. One of the birds left his position on the beam for a few 

 moments and made a short flight, capturing an insect. 



Nuttallornis borealis (Swainson) 



Olive-sided Flycatcher 

 One was seen on June 3 at Quinn River Crossing. Six days 

 later a second bird was observed on a dead alder by the stream 

 at Big Creek Ranch. No examples were secured. 



Myiochanes richardsoni richardsoni (Swainson) 



Western Wood Pewee 

 Distribution. — Seen in the following localities: Quinn River 

 Crossing (4100 feet). Big Creek Ranch (4350 feet), and head of 

 Big Creek (8000 feet). 



