Sept, 1910 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF GRAY-CROWNED LEUCOSTICTE 159 
Space will not allow me to describe at length how we ran out of provisions at 
Lake of the Woods and were forced to subsist for a whole day on but three slices of 
bacon; or how, on the day following, after a breakfast consisting of but a single 
slice, we made the long laborious march to Phillips’ Station, against the strong 
wind which had now begun blowing again, and where we all did justis (or, 
rather, an injustis) to the excellent table set by Mrs. Vade Bryson. Eventually 
arriving in Bijou on June 24 the trip came to a successful conclusion. Thru the 
letter going astray in the mail, however, Mr. Carriger who was anxiously awaiting 
news of the trip did not know of the results- until in July. 
In closing I wish to add some notes by Dr. Sterling Bunnell, hitherto unpub- 
lisht, and which I think will prove of considerable interest covering, as they do, 
such a wide range of territory. Dr. Bunnell writes as follows : 
“I have always found the Leucosticte in either the Hudson! an or Arctic zone 
Fig. 53. THE CENTRA!. OPENING LED TO THE NEST WHICH, HOWEVER, WAS OUT OF SIGHT 
THREE FEET BACK BENEATH AND BETWEEN THE ANGULAR BLOCKS 
and always among the snow except once: On July 15, 1902, when the surrounding 
snow had melted, I saw a flock as low as 9000 feet at the junction of East and 
Bubb’s Creeks above the south fork of Kings River. In May and June they are 
almost invariably on the rocks and snow and live on the many insects that become 
stranded while flying over, and settling on the latter freeze there. In fact the 
snow is often dotted with these mosquito-like insects. From May to July, at 
least, Eeucostictes are numerous from Mt. Whitney to Pyramid Peak in the Tahoe 
region. I could not find them in an extensive search in July on Mt. Shasta, nor 
on the Coast Range, altho I lookt for them on Preston Peak, South Yallo Bally 
Mountain and on Mt. Sanhedrin. I found the birds on Pyramid Peak in June and 
close to the edge of Desolation Valley nearby. The following notes appear in my 
field book: 
