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Nov., ?9ox. I THE CONDOR x57 sided for years. This has been the means of adding eight species to the present list. I would take this opportunity of recommending ornithologists to Mr. L. H. Pratt of the Sugar Loaf Hotel at Slippery Ford, whose genial manner and gener- al knowledge of the birds of his locality render him a model host of a model host- elry. I am grateful to Mr. L. E. Taylor for recent collections of birds in Lake Val- ley and at Glen Alpine Springs, as also for numerous 'courtesies extended on out- ings during the past six years, all of which have enabled me to better understand the region. Thanks are due Mr. Walter K. Fisher for suggestions in outlining the life zones, and to Mr. Joseph Grinnell for his careful comparison of various specimens of birds, whose. subspecific rank he determined. DIVISION OF ROU?E INTO SECTIONS, WITH ALTITUDES. For convenience, and to divide the stage road into sections, I have prepared a list of the stage stations with their elevations, and the distance of each from Placerville. Such stations as receive and dispatch mail I have marked "P. O." It is hoped that by consulting this schedule and studying the zone in which each station is located, that ornitholqgists desiring to travel through the region may be enabled to map their route with a reasonable knowledge of .the birds to be met with in each locality. The stations are given in their order from Placerville and in the following list the station nearest to the point of capture has been used to designate the locality. PLACERVILLE, altitude i8oo feet S?rITH'S FLAT (P. O.) Three miles from Placerville. Altitude 2200 feet. SIx-mL? Hovs?, Six miles -from Placerville, Altitude 3000 feet. FYvv? (P. O.) i2 miles' from Placerville. Altitude 37oo feet. PACIFIC (P. O.) 17 miles from Placerville. Altitude 3400 feet. RIVERTON (River crossing). 22 miles from Placerville. Altitude, 3300 feet. SLiPPeRY FORD (P. O.) Known also as Sugar Loaf. 33 miles from Placer- ville. Altitude 400o feet. Ec?xo (P. O.) 44 miles from Placerville. Altitude 5700 feet. PHILLIPS STATION. 48 miles from Placerville. Altitude 6900 feet. SuamT. 50 miles from Placerville. Altitude 7600 feet. M??Rs STATION. 55 miles from Placerville. Altitude 64o0 feet. TALLAC (P. O.) 62 1niles from Placerville. Altitude 6200 feet. In conclusion I would mention that the inspiration of this list has been a desire to bring this region to the better knowledge of ornithologists, especially those Californians who enjoy ornithological outings to new fields. In presenting the list I am aware that it is probably far from complete, especially in austral types. The country about Smith's Flat partakes of the nature of the lower foot- hills, there being numerous small valleys timbered with white oak, and as no sys- tematic work has been done here it is reasonable to suppose that a number of val- ley species occur which have not been recorded. The present list, with several exceptions, deals largely with the birds.,which summer in the Sierras. This leaves unrecorded many of the winter visitants which must freqnent the region, ? and also such migrants as travel through the pass each spring and fall. It is hoped to record these species in an additional list at some future time, since Mr. L. E. Taylor of Fyffe has consented to watch the bird movements 'during the present fall and winter. No attempt has been made to list the water