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Vol. XIV 
THROUGH TAHOEAN MOUNTAINS 
By :\in/roN s. ray 
WITH THREE PHOTOS BY OI,UF J. HEINEMANN 
O N the tw'enty-fourth of June, 1909, Heinemann and I returned from our 
trip to Washoe Lake, Nevada, an account of which has appeared 
in a previous Condor. We remained at Bijou until the morning of June 
28, at which time we started on a long tramp through the high mountains that sur- 
round Lake Valley at the southern end of Lake Tahoe. 
Our first objective point was Star Lake, one of the loftiest in the region, having 
an altitude of about 9,000 feet. Although en route we traversed a region of much 
B'ig. ,5. ICE-COVERED LAKE-OK-THE-WOODS WITH PYRAMID PEAK IN THE BACKGROUND; 
PHOTOGRAPHED JULY 1 
interest to the ornithologist we failed to record anjdhing particularly noteworthy. 
The only nest found on the entire day’s trip was one of the Western Robin {Plaii- 
csticHS niigratoriiis propiuquiis) . This wms on the Cold Creek Meadow, at 
about 7500 feet elevation, and contained four half-grown j'oung. Returning from 
Star Lake, we spent the night at the Sierra House, on the edge of Lake Valley, and 
next morning continued on to the summit of the stage road, which we reached at 
half past three in the afternoon. An excursion to Lake Audrain took up the rest 
of the day, but failed to furnish aii}^ new material for our ornithological note-book. 
The following morning (June 30) we started up the precipitous trail that 
leads over a lofty snow-covered range to Lake of the Woods. A few miles up the 
