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142 THE CONDOR Vol. XIV Herrick, F. H. 1911. Natural history of the American lobster . Bull. U.S. Bureau of Fish- eries, 29, pp. 149-408, 47 pls., 42 figs. in text. Jones, T. R. 1873. Cassell's book of birds (Cassell, Petter & Galpin, London), 3, pp. vi+312, many figs. in text. Judd, S. D. 1905. The bobwhite and other quails of the United States in their economic relations. U.S. Dept. Agric., Div. Biol. Surv., Bull. 21, pp. 1-66, 2 pls., 10 figs. in text. Mailliard, J. 1902. The parasite question again. Condor, 4, p. 19. Morse, G. B. 1907. Quail disease in the United States. U.S. Dept. Agric., Bureau Animal Industry, Circ. 109, pp. 1-11. Shinn, C. H. 1890. Shooting in California. Outing, 15,,p. 464. Shufeldt, R. W. 1910. Quail or no quail? That's the question. Overland, 55, pp. 353-356. Thompson, Chas. S. 1901. Further tapeworm observations. Condor, 3, p. 15. Van Dyke, T. S. 1886. Southern California (Fords, Howard & Hulburt, New York), pp. xii+233. The Valley Quail, pp. 90-99. 1890. The quails of California. Outing. 15, pp. 460-464. 1908. Liveliest of the birds. Outing, 531, pp. 375-381. [Anon.] 1857. California quail--male and female. Hutchings Cal. Mag., 2, pp. 241-24,2, 2 figs.. in, text. 1899. Quails: An international question. Living Age, 220, pp. 465-468. A JOURNEY TO THE STAR LAKE COUNTRY AND OTHER NOTES FROM THE TAHOE REGION By MILTON S. RAY WITH THREE PHOTOS HE spring of 1910 at Lake Tahoe was remarkable for being one of the earliest known to old settlers. At a time when usually grass in the meadows is just springing up and willows and aspens budding out, the meadow grass then (May 20) was already fast becoming dry, the willows and aspens were fully leaved, the roads were dusty and the weather sultry, giving one the impression of late June. Thus, when I encountered young-of-the-year Juncos on the day after my arrival (May 21) I was not greatly surprised; but I soon learned that the earliness of the season had not affected all species equally, and this, with the usual wide variation in Sierran nesting dates, made the effect of the early spring much less marked than it would have been otherwise. My first day afield resulted in finding some very strange-looking eggs of the Redwing Blackbird (.4gelaius phoeniceus, subsp?). Instead of the usual blackish scrawls about the larger ends these specimens are mottled, in some cases over the entire surface, with various shades of brown and pale purplish, which I hope to describe and illustrate more fully in some future paper. Among other finds were two nests of the Sierra Junco (Junco hyematls thurberi), each with four fresh eggs. One of the nests was placed beneath a log in a