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hard to see even after I had located the nest. A family of full-fledged young were seen 
flying among the pines at Bluff Lake, June 29. 
Hylocichla guttata sequoiensis. Sierra Hermit Thrush. These birds were not at 
all common in the locality covered, as they were met with only a few times. Once or 
Fig. 49. Nest of Townsend Solitaire, in place on roadside bank; near Bluff 
Lake, San Bernardino Mountains, June 20, 1916 
twice I heard their song in the little canyons back from the lake, but they were very 
wary and I was unable to approach closely. I saw one of these thrushes on a little 
stream near Bluff Lake, June 29, but failed to locate a nest. 
Claremont , California , August 1, 1916. 
