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Sept., i9oo I THE coNDOR ?o 9 smaller and smaller as the elevation increases. The last eighth of a mile is a conglomeration of great granite bould- ers and slabs of rock, with no percepti- ble vegetation, and this portion of the climb was made in short stages and with considerable exertion. The only feath- ered inhabitants' of the summit as observed by us, were two pairs of the G ray-crowned Leucosticte or Rosy Finch (Leucosticte tephrocotis) which flew uneasily about the rocks, alighting for a moment on the pinnacle of some boul- der and then taking wing again with a sharp, twittering note. One pair of birds was collected, both being well nourished, although the stomach of one was empty. The other stomach I sub- reitted to the Department cf Agriculture where it was kindly examined by Dr. S. D. Judd and Prof. F. E. L. Beal, who reported the analysis as follows: "The contents consisted cf 30 per cent. animal and 7 per cent. vegetable matter. The animal matter included ?2 leaf-hoppers (Jassidce), 20 per cent., and one spider, ?o per cent. The vegetable matter consisted cf 23 seeds of a conifer, possi- bly the dwarf pine which you state is found near the summit of Pyramid Peak." It is here appropriate to mention the nmgnificent view which is to be obtain- ed from the summit of these mountain peaks. At one sweep cf the eye hun- dreds of square miles of mountain ridges ccme to view, and the snow-capped ridge of which Pyramid Peak is a part, could be followed southward until it melted with the horizon in the distance. From our position fourteen mountain lakes could be counted, and the magni- tude of the scene is beyond description. After an hour on the summit our party descended and prepared to strike camp on the morroxv. On our homeward journey a number cf Western Evening Grosbeaks (Coccothralls/es ?,. mo?lta?ls) were seen drinking from the streams in the road at 5,000 feet elevatien and they undoubtedly nest on the near-by ridges. Following is appended a list of the birds met with at our camp, 7,500 feet elevation, and above, and since but two days were spent in the locality the list is necessarily very incomplete. In North Minerican lg'auna ?Vo. ?6, embrac- ing the results of a biological survey of the Mt. Shasta region, Dr. Merriam has divided the life zones as follows: 5,500 to 7,000 feet, Canadian zone; 7,500 to %500 feet, Hudsonian zone; above 9,500 feet, Alpine zone, and reference to these may prove of some interest in consider- ing the list here given. PLUMED QUAIL ( OreorO,x p. filum(/?r- us). Commonly heard in the meadoxv at 7,5oo feet, but very shy. (SooTY GROUSE) ]?endrazapus obscurus fuliginosus). Heard quite commonly at 6,000 feet, in the spruce belt, but appar- ently absent at higher altitudes, owing perhaps to lack of large timber. WILLIAMSON'S SAPSUCKER (Sphyrap- icus thyroideus). One, a female, observed drilling a nest-hole in a red fir tree, near camp. RED-SHAFTED FLICKER (Colafiles caret). A nest and six eggs found by Mr. Atkinson at 9,200 feet, in sparse timber growth on June to. OLIVE-SIDED FLYCATCHER (ConlofiHs borealis). Ccmmonly heard at camp on June 9, but apparently not yet breed- ing. WESTERN WOOD PEWEE (?o?ttofiztS richardsonii). I-[card frequently in the meadow, where the birds were engaged in nest building. BI, UE-FRONTED JAY (C),ancitta s. ???ontalis). Breeding in the red firs and tamaracks, both eggs and young being found on June 9- CLARKE'S NUTC?ACKER colutah[aria). A colony were found on the south-eastern slope of Pyramid Peak, in a gulch lined with henflock, where it is quite possible they breed early in the season. CALIFOl?.NIA PrNE GROSBEAK (toi?ti - cola en?tcleator cahfornica). Several male birds in rich reddish plmnage seen abt, ut camp and one secured. The (rely n(?te so far as observed consisted of a