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12 Vol. XIV THROUGH TAHOEAN MOUNTAINS By MILTON S. RAY WITH THREE PHOTOS BY OLUF J. HEINEMANN N the twenty-fourth of June, 1909, Heinemann and I returned from our trip to Washoe Lake, Nevada? an account of which has appeared in a previous Com?oR. We remained at Bijou until the morning of June 28, at which time we started on a long tramp through the high mountains that sur- round Lake Valley at the southern end of Lake Tahoe. Our first objective point was Star Lake, one of the loftiest in the region, having an altitude of about 9,000 feet. Although en route we traversed a region of much Fig. 5. ICE-COVERED LAKE-OI*-THE-WOOD? WITH PYRAMID PEAK IN THE BACKGROUND; PHOTOGRAPHED JULY 1 interest to the ornithologist we failed to record anything particularly noteworthy. The only nest found ?)n the entire day's trip was one of the XVestern Robin (Plan- esticus migratorius propinquus). This was on the Cold Creek Meadow, at about 7500 feet elevation, and contained four half-grown young. Returning from Star Lake, we spent the night at the Sierra House, on the edge of Lake Valley, and next morning continued on to the summit of the stage road, which we reached at half past three in the afternoon. An excursion to Lake Audrain took up the rest of the day, but failed to furnish any new material for our ornithological note-book. The following morning (June 30) we started up the precipitous trail that leads over a .lofty snow-covered range to Lake-of the Woods. A few miles up the