So 
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1 V-.l. IV 
after the interests of an excursion of 
young naturalists at vSusy Lake, h'or- 
rest Hanford has spent May and June 
working from Fyffe to the snnimit in 
company with T,. E. Taylor, while Mil- 
ton S. Ray and party passed through 
the region for a several weeks’ outing 
at Lake Tahoe. Mrs. H. H. Wheelock, 
a popular eastern bird author, spent 
The accompanying half-tone portrays 
Mr. Taylor about to scientifically in- 
vestigate the nest of a white-headed 
woodpecker at about 4,800 feet alti 
tude. The nest was ten feet up in a 
burnt stub and contained small young 
on June 15. While awaiting Mr. Tay- 
lor’s arrival and watching the stub I 
saw one of the birds flying to the 
PHOTO BY C. BARLOW. 
TAYLOR OPENING A NEST OF WHITE HEADED WOODPECKER. 
some ten days in the region, gleaning 
observations for a forth coming work. 
The writer, joined by H. R. Taylor 
of Nidologist fame, likewise endured 
the many jolts 'of the mountain stage 
that they might wander through the 
high Sierran forests and observe the 
alpine species in their summer retreats. 
nest. It alighted below the hole, 
chuckled a few times, when the brood- 
ing bird appeared at the entrance and 
at once flew out. The newcomer then 
took its place, the exchange consuming 
but a moment. 
At Echo (altitude 5700 feet) June 16 
Mr. Taylor found a nest of the russ.-t- 
