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 THE CONI)R [ Vol. III PHOTO BY C. BAFiLOW COJNTRY ABIJT ECHO. LOOKING TOWARO THe. SUMMIT. /brans/es vesper/btus moithi;tts) resullcd from the trip. At that time [ spent sever- al days collecting xxith them at Fvffe. In i897 Mr. Beck made a hasty trip as far as the summit, while Henry W. Cartiger nd myself confined our tei days' operations to Fyffe, where l,. I,. Taylor acted as host. Mr. Taylor has collected a portion of each summer since 896, and, owing to his hospitalily, Fyffe ha growu to be the Mecca of uumerous ornilhol.- gi.ts whose time precludes their going farther into the region. In 898 Mr. Price went over the route as usual while I spent ten days with Mr. Taylor, at which tiine the second known set o! herinit warbler was collected. In Julre, i899, Messrs. Carriger, John M. Welch a,d ,nyself spent a xw-ek at Fyffe engaged in general work. In i9oo Win. L. Atkinson, Mr. Taylor aid I collected tit Fyffe and as far east as Pyramid Peak, which wax climbed on June io. During the past season (i9oi  Mr. Taylor aid I traversed the entire leigth of the road to Tallac, devoting about two weeks to the trip. Mr. Taylor was later stationed at Meyer's Statio, and Glen Alpine Springs where he secured SO,lie interesting iotes. I am especially indebted to Mr. W. V. Price fir his supplementary notes to my liat as well as for cordial co-operation. He adds a material uumber of species to the list, a fact due doubtless to his extensive study of the region. Me.,srs. Wilfred H. Osgood, R. H. Beck aud Forrest Hanfird have kindly furnished iie with data conceruing the occurrence of various species iu the region. while Mr. Chas. A. Swisler has favored me with a local list from Placerville where he has re-