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Sept., 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 161 other birds of the genus, the California Pine Grosbeak should stand as Pinicola cali[ornica, a distinct species. Chester Barlow (Condor, xI, pp. 107, 109, and xxx, p. 169) tells of the Pine Grosbeak as follows: On June 9, 1900, "while we were passing through a decided bog, we met our first California Pine Grosbeak quietly feeding beside an old log." The bird, a male in brilliant red plmnage, was very tame and was probably nesting in the vicinity. "At this place the red firs hold numerous accumulations of needles about the size of a nest, which would render the location of a nest difficult excepting by watching the bird." "We saw others of this species, which seems to be a fairly sociable bird, two males coming to a tamarack within a few feet of our camp." It is "seemingly a species of irregular distribution. not occurring below 6,000 or 7.000 feet." "The only note so far as observed consisted of a harsh call note very similar to that of the Louisiana Tanager." Dr. Sterling Bunnell. who has traveled along the Sierran crest from Mt. Fig. 64. OUR 1911 PARTY AT FORNI'S, TAKEN JUNE 11; LEFT TO RIGHT, CARRIGER, RAY, LITTLEJOHN; THE ROOF OF ONE OF THE CABINS DEMOLISHED BY WINTER SNOWS CAN BE SEEN IN THE BACKGROUND Whitney to Shasta, says in a letter under date of July 8, 1912, that notwithstand- ing the extensive territory he covered, his notes on the occurrence of this bird are so few they would scarcely be worthy of publication. During the past summer ! had the pleasure of being some days afield with Messrs. Forrest Hanford and Loren E. Taylor, both of whom are veteran ob- servers in the Sierras, and I am indebted to Mr. Hanford for the following notes. "After spending a number of summers in the Sierras, in the vicinity of Pyramid Peak and Lake Tahoe, I find my notes on the Pine Grosbeak somewhat limited; in fact, my records of not observing the Grosbeak are many more than the few individuals noted, and perhaps the only value of the few notes I have been able to gather would be to show its scarcity in its summer breeding ground and in country seemingly well adapted in altitude and food supply for this species. "In July, 1902, Mr. L. E. Taylor and I made a trip through the Silver Creek