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Sept., 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 177 home of the Pine Grosbeak we found some very interesting nests with eggs in- cluding such rarities as the Lincoln Sparrow and Green-tailed Towhee, which I hope to describe at some future time. Fig. 73. FIR (AT NEAR CENTER) IN WHICH THE FIRST NEST OF THE CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK WAS FOU, ND; SCA?[?ERED PATCHES OF SNOW WERE STILL ON THE GROUND BENE&?H THE ?REES A? ?HIS DATE, JUNE iS, 1912 As the day's work, which had been done b?ween 7250 and 8?0 fe? altitude, had been without result, as far as tangible Grosbeak-nesting evidence was con- cerned, we decided the following day to go to the limit of the t?ber which is at