Sept, 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 173 
grosbeaks remained the principal topic of conversation for some time to come. 
As we had planned previously we set out next morning to work the summit 
country around Phillips’ Station to secure if possible a Pine Grosbeak or so for 
the purpose of determining, by dissection, the nearness of the nesting date. Near 
Deerington’s Littlejohn saw our fifth bird, but was unable to secure it. A heavy 
and very steady rain now set in and finally forced us to seek shelter in an empty 
cabin. Hour after hour the rain rattled on the roof, and twice I made short 
journeys to nearby groves but the steady downpour had driven most birds to 
shelter and as it had made travelling very unpleasant, after the second attempt 
I desisted and joined Littlejohn and Heinemann who were dozing before a cheer- 
ful fire in the cabin. At four o’clock, as the storm showed no sign of abating, we 
returned to Phillips’ Station. 
Fig. 71. VIEW FROM PYRAMID PEAK, 10,020 FEET APTITUDE, LOOKING NORTH; THE 
CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK HAS BEEN NOTED UP TO TIMBERLINE, WHICH OFTEN 
EXTENDS TO 9250 feet; cryst.al peak is in the immediate foreground; 
DICK’S PEAK, 10,015 FEET, IS THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RISING IN THE 
background; photo taken june 17, 1912 
Although it was still cloudy the rain had stopped and A^ade, as the above 
place is also called, was left at 8 :45 next morning. The road, going west, 
descends sharply and at 10:45 we reached Echo, 5700 feet elevation. Here, near 
the foot of the high cliffs shown in the picture (see fig. 67), Littlejohn saw a 
flock of six Band-tailed Pigeons {Colmnba fasciata) , a bird of rare occurrence 
in this region. 
At 2 p. M., after lunch by a roadside brook, we came to the Georgetown 
Junction road which is marked by the ruins of a tall, solitary chimney, all that 
remains of a famous pioneer road-house. The Georgetown road is now but 
seldom used, excepting by cattlemen taking their herds in late summer to alpine 
