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 68 THE CONDOR I Vol. III the chase. On the Forni meadow at the base of Pyramid Peak a nest of this species was found on June 9, 9 oo containing four incubated eggs. The nest was near the top of a i2-foot tamarack and was largely composed cf mud and manure, but a few sticks being used as a foundation. Mr. Atkinson found a nest well up in a red fir tree on the same date, containing small young. At Fyffe on June 7, 9oI I found a nest in the extrelne top of a 3o-foot yellow pine, conspicu)usly situated as are most of the robins' nests. It proved to be a jay's nest and held four fully-featherecl vociferous young. Aphelocoma californica. California Jay. A common species of the chaparral belt and observed on the hillside about four miles east of Placerville. Corvus americanus. American Crow. Observed in the region frequented by the yellow-billed magpie near Latrobe. Nucifraga columbiana. Clarke Nutcroaker. A small colony was found it a grove of hemlocks at 8,5oo feet altitude on the southeast slope of Pyramid Peak on June 9, 9oo. The birds kept well out of the range, cawing contentedly, while the cold wind of the peak did not conduce to following them up. Mr. Pratt, the genial proprietor of Sugar Loaf Hotel (altitude about 4,0o0 feet) tells me that dur- ing the winter the Clarke crows appear quite often about the hotel, readily coming within in a few feet of him to secure food. He states that this species and the blue-fronted jays help immensely to liven the long winter days, when the heavy snowfall prevents communication with the outside world. [Common almost everywhere above 8ooo feet. They proved exceedingly annoying on Mt. Tallac, where they continuall pilfered my traps set for small mammals. I caught several in July i892 in steel traps baited with meat.--W. W. P.] Xanthocephalus xanthocephalus. Yellow-headed Blackbird. Observed by Mr. Beck nesting in the marsh near Bijou on the shore of Lake Tahoe in June 896. [A flock of six or eight were observed in a meadow in June 896 a few miles east of Placerville, and several were collected. It is hardly pos,ible they were breeding there, but rather were resting from their flight over the mountains.-- W. W.P.] Agelaius gubernator californicus. Bicolored Blackbird. I was told it nested in a tneadow at Sly Park, a short distance south of the 4-mile house. Reported as nesting commonly on the :outherly shore of Lake Tahoe. Mr. Pratt of Slippery Ford told me that the various blackbirds migrate down the American River can- yon in the fall, often in large numbers. Agelaius tricolor. Tricolored Blackbird. Observed nesting on the shores of Lake Tahoe by Mr. Beck, who collected a set of five eggs on June i2, I896. Sturnella magna neglecta. Western Meadowlark. Mr. Forrest S. Hanford observed five in a meadow near Smith Flat on May , 9o. Mr. Taylor sent me a specimen shot at Meyer's Station in Lake Valley on Sept. 3o, 9o, at which date he stated they were going about in flocks. Recorded by Mr. C. A. Swisler at Placerville. [Observed in 896 at Placerville, Six-mile House and Pacific House. I have never seen this species in any of the meadows above 5oo0 feet.--W. W. P.] .Icterus bullocki. Bullock Oriole. Three individuals were noted in Placer- ville on May , 9o by Forrest S. Hanford, while on his journey from Placerville to Carson'City. Recorded by Mr. Chas. A. Swisler at Placerville. Scolecophagus cyanocephalus. Brewer Blackbird. A flock was observed at