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76 THE CONDOR .Vol. XX semble the set of eggs I have Of the Gray-crowned Rosy Finch. The specimens easily equal in glossiness any eggs in my series of the Modoc 'Woodpecker or Williamson Sapsucker, and measure in inches as follows: .95x.63, .83x.60, .95x .64, .97x.60 (Davie gives average. size of eggs of the Cliff Swallow as .82x.56). At dusk we reached Phillips' Station, where much of the country was still covered by deep snow, and next evening, June 11, we made Forni's at the base of Pyramid Peak. Here too the whole region lay under deep snow. In some places the drifts were of such depth that the bare willows and other small trees were almost completely burJelL Carrig'er located a nest of the Mountain Chicka- dee near Phillips' with seven (well spotted) eggs,. another near Forni's with eight, and still another near our cabin the day following with six; all three sets Fig. 8. NEST OF ?IERBA JUNCOs AT PHILLIPS? IN THE ?IERRAS OF ELDORADO COUNTY? CALIFORNIA? PLACED IN ABSOLUTELY OPEN VIEW IN THE CORNER OF AN EMPTY BOX. THIS srI'E MAY HAVE BEEN SELECTED ON ACCOUNT OF THE DEEP SNOW WHICH AT THIS DATE (JUNE 13) COVERED THE GROUND ALL ABOUT. were fresh. He also found eight feet up among strips of the'bark of a fir, a nest of the Sierra Creeper (Certhia familiaris zelotes), made of fine twigs, soft gray- ish bark fibers, moss and soft bits of wood, and containing two fresh eggs. Later i?e excavated a dwelling of the Williamson Sapsucker, shown in the illustration (fig. 7), which proved but newly drilled. The only other nest found was by the writer, a freshly built one of the Blue-fronted Jay (Cyanocitta stelIeri frontalis). Littlejohn closed the day's work by bowling over a lone coyote in the snow. One June 13, on the way back to Phillips', Littlejohn noted for a second time the Tolmie Warbler (Oporornis tolmiei), and at Phillips' Carriger and I came upon a nest of the Sierra Junco (Ju?wo oregan?ts th?rberi) that would ha?e gladdened the heart of a novice. Close to the hotel the birds had built in