Nov., 1901. 
THE CONDOR 
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Station Aug. 12, i 01. 
[Common above 6000 feet on both sides of the range, at Silver Creek and 
about Glen Alpine. VV. W. P.] 
Sitta canadensis. Red-breasted Nuthatch. Heard and seen frequently at 
P'yffe and specimens taken. [Common in the migrations at Silver Creek. May 
breed there. W. W. P.] 
Sitta pygmaea. Pygmy Nuthatch. [A family of pygmy nuthatches were 
noted on Silver Creek, 7000 feet in August 1896 and several were taken. It is 
possible they were migrating. W. W. P.] 
Parus inornatus. Plain Titmouse. Recorded by Chas. A. Swisler in the 
vicinity of Placerville. 
Parus gambeli. Mountain Chickadee. x\ common species from below Fyffe 
up to the summit and on both slopes of the range. The species nests earljq usually 
selecting dead pine and spruce stubs as nesting sites. June ii, 1898 a nest was 
found at Fyffe with nine young about to tly; the nest was built in a cavity in the 
top of a pine stub, about three feet from the ground and was composed of a large 
quantity of bark strips and animal fur. June 8, 1899 Mr. Carriger found a nest 
four feet up in a stub, containing seven small young. At the Forni meadow on 
June 10, 1900 a nest was found built on a joist behind a base-board, the space of 
10x7 inches being filled with a mat of hair and fur, in the center of which was a 
cavity holding eight eggs, slightly incubated. At P'yffe June 6, 1901 a nest with 
eight grown young was found eight feet up in a burnt stub, while at Slippery Ford 
on June 10 a nest six feet up in the top of a black oak snag contained young. The 
real song of this chickadee much resembles that of the golden-crowned sparrow. 
Chamsea fasciata henshawi. Pallid Wren-Tit. On June 10, 1899 the familiar 
song of a wren-tit was heard in the chaparral near the Five-mile House. It prob- 
ably occurs thence downward in suitable localities. 
Psaltriparus minimus caiifornicus. California Bush-Tit. Noted quite often 
about Fyffe where two nests were found. The first was found on June 12, 1897 
and was suspended from a small cedar eight feet up. The seven eggs were far 
advanced in incubation. June 14, 1898 1 found a nest in a manzanita bush, con- 
taining six slightly incubated eggs. The nest was something of a curio.sity having 
an entrance on top and another two-thirds of the way down on the opposite side, 
both being well rounded. The nest was lined warmly with feathers, among which 
w’ere recognized those of the plumed quail and black-headed grosbeak. 
Regulus satrapa olivaceus. Western Golden-crowned Kinglet. Although this 
kinglet is nominally a bird of the higher zones it undoubtedly breeds at P'yffe, al- 
titude 3,700 feet. On June 8 of the present year Mr. Taylor and I observed adult 
birds and apparently a brood of young flying about in a thick young spruce 
growth in the forest. An adult male and a juvenile were collected. Mr. Taylor 
collected a female at Crlen Alpine Sept. 19, 1901. [I have never collected this 
form in summer at either Silver Creek or Glen Alpine. In 1896, I found it common 
at Six-mile House. W. W. P.] 
Regulus calendula. Ruby-crowned Kinglet. Mr. Taylor took an adult female 
at Glen Alpine Sept. 19, 1901. 
[Distinctly a bird of the Hudsonian zone. Breeds commonly in the forests of 
alpine hemlock on the slopes of Pyramid Peak and at the head of Glen x\lpine. 
The male has a song of wonderful sweetness and strength. It without doubt 
breeds in these forests as I have seen the birds with food in their bills flying into 
a tall hemlock where a ne.st probably w'as concealed. W. W. P.] 
Polioptila caeruiea obscura. Western Gnatcatcher. Observed June 17, 1896 
several miles w'est of Placerville. Also at Fyffe a few days later where a pair 
