Sept, 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 177 
home of the Pine Grosbeak we found some very interesting nests with eggs in- 
cluding such rarities as the Lincoln Sparrow and Green-tailed Towhee, which I 
hope to describe at some future time. 
Fig. 73. FIR (at near center) in which the first nest of the CALIFORNIA 
PINE GROSBEAK WAS FOUND; SCATTERED PATCHES OF SNOW WERE STILL 
ON THE GROUND BENEATH THE TREES AT THIS DATE, JUNE 15, 1912 
As the day’s work, which had been done between 7250 and 8000 feet altitude, 
had been without result, as far as tangible Grosbeak-nesting evidence was con- 
cerned, we decided the following day to go to the limit of the timber which is at 
