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Sept, 1912 DISCOVERY O1? NEST AND EGGS O1? CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 163 From July 4 to 7 was passed at various points in the very heart of the home country of Pinicola, Wright's Lake, Forni's and Pyramid Peak; but only on one occasion was a bird seen referable to this species. On July 6 while edging around a snow-fringed lake at 9000 feet altitude, on the southwest slope of Pyramid Peak, I saw a bird fly from a tall hemlock that appeared to be a Pine Grosbeak; the distance, however, prevented me from being absolutely positive of its identity. On June 10 of the following year (1903) we attempted to reach this region but failed. A 'record of this trip (Auk,xxiI, p. 364) in part reads as follows: "June 10. Our experience today will be long remembered. Thinking that even l?ig. 65. A GREAT SNOW-DRIFT OF 1911, THE YEAR OF "MORE SNOW THAN THE WHITE MAN EVER BEFORE SAW"; CARRIGER AND LITTLEJOHN CAN BE DISCERNED IN THE TOP CENTER OF THE PICTURE; ELEVATION AT TOP OF DRIFT 850([ FEET, THUS BELOW TIMBER-LINE; PHOTO TAKEN JUNE 12, 1911 if snow should cover the road, we could reach Forni's, at the base of Pyramid Peak, we left the main highway at Georgetown Junction at noon and began the ascent by a steep road used only by dairymen in the late summer. Many fallen trees, the work of winter storms, lay across the road, and much accumulated brush impeded our progress, which, even at the best, was slow. We felt rewarded for our efforts, however, when we reached the summit, where the willows were only in bud and the grass just peeping out. Numberless chickadees were flitting about, besides various other species of bird-life. Our elation was short lived, however, for a blinding rain-storm, ushered in with terrific thunder and lightning, soon made dismal the merry, sun-lit woods. * * * After a while the rain