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 106 Vol. XV THE ROCKY MOUNTAIN PINE GROSBEAK IN UTAH. By EDWARD and A. O. TREGANZA WITH THREE PHoTos BY THE AUTHORS HE following may be of interest, as it is germane to Mr. Milton S. Ray's article on the Clifornia Pine Grosbeak in THe: Corn)oR of September is- sue, 1912. ' July and August of 19o 7 brought us our first knowledge of the Rocky Moun- tain Pine Grosbeak (Pinicola enucleator montana), while we were camping in the Wasatch Mountains at an altitude of 85o0 feet. It was our first trip to the higher mountains in search of any material other than the Nutcracker, whoe trail we had followed in previous years during early March and April. Hence we were hardly prepared for the abundance of bird life that met us at every turn. We were in a maze of all things new. So the season passed.with a goodly num- ber of identifications and a working knowledge of the country from the pussy- willow marshes of 75o0 feet to the barren, rocky peaks of the 11,o0o-foot divide that drops away to the Rockies. While but little was definitely learned this year concerning the habits or the whereabouts of the nesting of P. e. montana, each year since, up to and including I912, we have followed, watched, and nqted, with that increasing, tantalizing interest, yet ever hopeful for a more intimate knowl- edge, this vagrant who crosses our path unawares, always with that seeming disregard of our presence, flaunting in the bright sunshine a sheen of brilliantly i. 11umined crimson or gold, as the color phase may be, only to be lost m me deep- ening shadows of the conifers. Many times after a grueling half day, we have wearily dro.ped to a fallen tree to commiserate on our fruitless search of the morning, meanwhile satisiying the inner n'.sn with a whole-wheat .lug and its accompanying handful of nut- meats arid raisins; when from out of the somewhere, but to us nowhere, we see a shimmer, as it were, of sunshine dropped through the foliage, and there on a nearby conifer is our bird preening; and while we watch this gorgeous ellsplay of red and gold, the female in'sombre grays and browns, coming unheralded, alights with lowered, qivering bo.dy and fluttering outstretched wings expectant of her mate's wooing--a moment or two of lovers' greetings, and they are off -over the stony point of the meuntain-;to their nest ? Almost identical in general observations are our field notes on P.. e. mon- lana, with Mr. Ray's findings concerning P. e. californica, regarding time of breeding, situation of nest, actions and mannerisms of the birds, etc.. We, there- fore, omit our general field notes of the past years and confine ourselves to a description of one of the three pairs carefully noted and observed this year, thinking to possibly add some little information regarding nest building and mat- ing. From the field notes of Edward Treganza: Junc 2I, I912.--Today I went up American Fork Creek following an old roadway which led me to a deserted miner's camp, and mine named Iowa Copper, where I found much snow an(1 lit-- tle signs of new spring growth. Chickadees, Williamson Sapsuckers, Tree Swal- lows, and Cassin Purple Finches were much in evidence. As I came up to the empty cabin, a House Wren flew out. I entered, to find her home in a small cup- 12oard. back of a whisky bottle, but no eggs. While sitting on a box in the door- way to rest, and watch the wren a few minutes, my eye was attracted to a much larger bird which alighted on the roof of the stable, some distance away; resting