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 74 THE CONDOR Vol. XX or more, four birds whose call, form and flight none of us could identify. That they were new for the Lake Valley check-list we all felt sure. Littlejohn, with a really remarkable shot, succeeded in bringing down one of the birds, which proved to be a Pinyon Jay (Cya.nocephalus cyaaocephalus), the first we had ever seen in the field. In meadow land on June 6, we noted the Wilson Snipe (Galli-aago delicata). This is the second time I have seen this bird in the region, and it is not unlikely- that it will be found nesting here. A long day afield yielded no collectable speci- mens, except a nest of the Audubon Warbler, found by Carriger, with five well incubated eggs, all the others being of the more common species which already had full representation in our cabinets Fig. 7. HENRY W. CARRIGER CHOPPING OUT A NEWLY DRILLED NEST-CAVITY OF THE WILLIASOlg SAPSUCKER; FORNI'S, 8000 FEET, NEAR PYRAMID PEAK, ELDORADO COUTY, CALIFORNIA, JUNE 12. On June 7, although we invaded new territory, what we found was a repeti- tion of previous outings: nests of the Audubon Warbler, Red-shafted Flicker, Sierra Red-breasted Sapsucker and Williamson Sapsucker. The typical nest o the latter here is in a trunk of sound wood outwardly, but soft in the interior. In one place some o the trees had been used for years and contained many entrances to former nests and many blind holes. I do not believe the latter are excavated for use as decoy cavities, but believe that they are rather the result of the birds finding the wood too sound for easy penetration. June 8 was full of surprises. The first of these came when I found a nest of the Calliope Hummingbird. This held one fresh egg, and was seven feet up on