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sided for years. This lias been the means of adding eight species to the pre.sent 
list. 
I would take this opportunity of recommending ornithologists to Mr. E. H. 
Pratt of the Sugar Loaf Hotel at Slippery Ford, whose genial manner and gener- 
al knowledge of the birds of his locality render him a model host of a model host- 
elry. I am grateful to Mr. E. E. Taylor for recent collections of birds in Take Val- 
ley and at Glen Alpine Springs, as also for numerous courtesies extended on out- 
ings during the past six years, all of which have enabled me to better understand 
the region. 
Thanks are due Mr. Walter K. Fisher for suggestions in outlining the life 
zones, and to Mr. Joseph Grinnell for his careful comparison of various specimens 
of birds, whose subspecific rank he determined. 
DIVISION OF ROUTE INTO SECTIONS, WITH AETITUDFIS. 
For conv^enience, and to divide the stage road into sections, I have prepared 
a list of the stage stations with their elevations, and the di.stance of each from 
Placerville. Such stations as receive and dispatch mail I have marked “P. O.” 
It is hoped that by consulting this schedule and studying the zone in which each 
station is located, that ornithologists desiring to travel through the region may be 
enabled to map their route with a reasonable knowledge of the birds to be met 
with in each locality. The stations are giv'en in their order from Placerville and 
in the following list the station nearest to the point of capture has l>een used to 
designate the locality. 
Pi.ACERVlLLE, altitude 1800 feet 
Smith’s Fi.at (P. O.) 'J'hree miles from Placerville. Altitude 2200 feet. 
Six-mile House, Six miles from Placerville, Altitude 3000 feet. 
Fyffe (P. G.) 12 miles from Placerville. Altitude 3700 feet. 
Pacific (P. O.) 17 miles from Placerville. Altitude 3400 feet. 
Riverton (River crossing). 22 miles from Placerville. Altitude, 3300 feet. 
Slippery Ford (P. O.) Known also as Sugar Eoaf. 33 miles, from Placer- 
ville. x\ltitude 4000 feet. 
Echo (P. O.) 44 miles from Placerville. Altitude 5700 feet. 
Phillips Station. 48 miles from Placerville. Altitude 6900 feet. 
Summit. 50 miles from Placerville. Altitude 7600 feet. 
Meyers Station. 35 miles from Placerville. Altitude 6400 feet. 
Tallac (P. O.) 62 miles from Placerville. Altitude 6200 feet. 
In conclusion I would mention that the inspiration of this list has been a 
desire to bring this region to the better knowledge of ornithologists, especially 
those Californians who enjoy ornithological outings to new fields. In presenting 
the list I am aware that it is probably far from complete, especialh" in austral 
types. The country about Smith’s Idat partakes of the nature of tlie lower foot- 
hills, there being numerous small valleys timbered- with white oak, and as no sys- 
teihatic work has lieen done here it is reasonable to suppose that a number of val- 
ley species occur which have not been recorded. 
The present list, with several exceptions, deals largely' with the birds which 
summer in the Sierras. This leaves unrecorded many of the winter visitants whicli 
must frequent the region, and also such migrants as travel through the pa.ss each 
spring and fall. It is hoped to record these species in an additional list at some future 
time, since Mr. E. E. Taylor of Fyffe has consented to watch the bird movements 
during the present fall and winter. No attempt has been made to list the water 
