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Sept., 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS O1? CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 173 grosbeaks remained the principal topic of conversation for some time to come. As we had planned previously we set out next morning to work the summit country around Phillips' Station to secure if possible a Pine Grosbeak or so for the purpose of determining, by dissection, the nearness of the nesting date. Near Deerington's Littlejohn saw our fifth bird, but was unable to secure it. A heavy and very steady rain now set in and finally forced us to seek shelter in an empty cabin. Hour after hour the rain rattled on the roof, and twice I made short journeys to nearby groves but the steady downpour had driven most birds to shelter and as it had made travelling very unpleasant, after the second attempt I desisted and joined Littlejohn and Heinemann who were dozing before a cheer- ful fire in the cabin. At four o'clock, as the storm showed no sign of abating, we returned to Phillips' Station. Fig. 71. VIEW FROM PyRO. MiD PEAK, 10,020 PEET ALTITUDE, LOOKING NORTH; THE CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK HAS BEEN NOTED UP TO TIMBERLINE, WHICH OFTEN EXTENDS TO 9250 FilET; CRYSTAL PEAK IS IN THE IMMEDIATE FOREGROUND: DICK'S PEAK, 10,015 FEET, IS THE HIGH MOUNTAIN RISING IN THE BACKGROUND; PHOTO TAKEN JUNE 17, 1912 Although it was still cloudy the rain had stopped and Vade, as the above place is also called, was left at 8:45 next morning. The road, going west, descends sharply and at 10:45 we reached Echo, 5700 feet elevation. Here, near the foot of the high cliffs shown in the picture (see fig. 67), Littlejohn saw a ?)ck of six Band-tailed Pigeons (Uolumba [asciata), a bird of rare occurrence in this regiom. At 2 ?. ?., after lunch by a roadside brook, we came to the Georgetown Junction road which is marked by the ruins of a tall, solitary chimney, all that remains of a famous pioneer road-house. The Georgetown road is now but seldom used, excepting by cattlemen taking their herds in late summer to alpine