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throat referable to this species in the marshes about Tallac, but no specimens 
have been secured. I have never seen the yellowthroat either on Silver Creek or 
in Glen x\lpine. W. W. P.] 
Wilsonia pusilla pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. On June 14, 1901 I observed 
a pair of these warblers on a meadow near the summit, altitude about 7500 feet. 
The birds were prospecting about a willow patch, where they would probably 
have nested, had I not collected the female. Mr. 'I'aylor collected a male at Grass 
Take September 17. 1 have not observed this species at the lower altitudes of the 
pine belt. 
[Common in Glen Alpine and on Silver Creek, where specimens have been 
collected each year. A nest containing five eggs was collected in Glen Alpine at 
Lily Take in July 1898. The nest was placed on the ground, under a fallen aspen. 
The female was shot as she left the nest. W. W. P.] 
Cinclus mexicanus. American Dipper. Mr. Taylor observed it above Eclio 
June 16, and it doubtless occurs commonly along the American River where there 
are numerous wild situations admirably adapted to its occupancy. 
[Common wherever there are streams to at least 9000 feet. They are abun- 
dant on Silver Creek and in Glen Alpine. Young have been seen as early as 
July 15 at Lily Lake, Glen Alpine. W. W. P.] 
Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. Dotted Canyon Wren. During May, 1900 
Mr. Taylor found a nest of this wren built in a rift of a cliff on the American 
River north of Fyffe. The nest contained young and an infertile egg. 
['I'wo specimens were shot at vSlippery h'ord about June 15, 1898 in the vSugar 
T,oaf cliffs. None have been seen higher in the mountains than this point. W. W. P.] 
Thryomanes bewicki spilurus. \ffgors Wren. Heard occasionally at Fyff’e 
and a specimen shot in the deer brush on June 7, 1899. Its song resembles .some- 
what that of the thick-billed sparrow. 
Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Parkman Wren. 
[.\ pair were shot early in .-Vugust 1900 in a brushy burned area on the south 
side of Mt. Tallac at 8000 feet. Others have been seen in Glen Alpine. W. W. P.J 
Anorthura hiemalis pacifica. Western Winter Wren. Found not uncommon- 
ly along the dark- canyon streams. It was seen quite often in Weber canyon at 
h'yffe and on June g, 1901 one was heard singing in its own exquisite manner in a 
gulch near Pacific. July 12, i8g8 Mr. Taylor collected a nest and five eggs from 
the side of a “prospect hole.” The location was a dry one for this species to 
select, but the nest was a beautiful structure of moss, built to suit the shape and 
size of the cavity. When removed it resembled a miniature ouzel’s nest more than 
anything else. The eggs were partially dried up, which accounts for their being 
found at this late date. 
Certhia familiaris zelotes. vSierra Creeper. Observed from Fyffe upward to 
the summit. June 8 an adult male and an immature bird were taken at F^’ffe, and 
a nest was found beneath the bark of a dead pine about 20 feet up. It could not 
be reached, but doubtle,ss contained young at this date. On April 30, i8g8 Mr. 
Taylor found a nest and five eggs at h'yffe, the nest being built in a slit of a pine 
stub six inches back from the entrance, and almost wholly composed of strips of 
cedar bark with a few feathers intermingled. 1 have compared specimens of this 
race with skins'^from Sitka with the result that very little, if any, difference appears 
to exist between the two. 
Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. I met this nuthatch at 
a meadow near the summit on June 14, igor when one was observed on a dead 
stub, but 1 failed to secure it. Mr. Taylor collected an immature male at Meyer's 
