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 x82 .THE CONDOR [ Vol. III throat referable to this species in the marshes about Tallac, but no specimens have been secured. I have never seen the yellowthroat either on Silver Creek or in Glen Alpine. W.W.P.] Wilsonia pusilia pileolata. Pileolated Warbler. On June 4, x9o I observed a pair of these warblers on a meadow near the summit, altitude about 7500 feet. The birds were prospectin about a willow patch, where they would probably have nested,'had I not collected the female. Mr. Taylor collected a male at Grass Lake September 7. I have not observed this species at the lower altitudes of the pine belt. [Common in Glen Alpine an( on Silver Creek, where specimens have been collected each year. A nest containing five eggs was collected in Glen Alpine at Lily Lake in July 898. The nest was placed on the ground, under a fallen aspen. The female was shot as she left the nest. W.W.P.] Cinclus mexicanus. American Dipper. Mr. Taylor observed it above Echo June 6, and it doubtless occurs commonly along the American River where there are numerous wild situations admirably adapted to its occupancy. [Common vherever there are streams to at least 9000 feet. Th'ey are abun- dant on Silver Creek and in Glen Alpine. Young have been seen as early as July 5 at Lily Lake, Glen Alpine. W.W.P.] Catherpes mexicanus punctulatus. Dotted Canyon Wren. During May, 9oo Mr. Taylor found a nest of this wren built in a rift of a cliff on the American River north of Fyffe. The nest contained young and an'infertile egg. [Two specimens were shot at Slippery Ford about June 5, 898 in the Sugar Loaf cliffs. None have been seen higher in the mountains than this point. W. W. P.] Thryomanes bewicki spilurus. Vigors Wren. Heard occasionally at Fyffe and a specimen shot in the deer brush on June 7, 899. Its song resembles some- what that of the thick-billed sparrow. Troglodytes aedon parkmani. Parkman Wren. [A pair were shot early in August 9oo in a brushy burned area on the south side of Mr. Tallac at 8oo feet. Others have been seen in Gleu Alpine. W.W.P.] Anorthurahiemalispacifica. Western Winter Wren. Found not uncommon- ly along the dark canyon streams. It was seen quite often in Weber canyon at Fyffe and on June 9, 9o one was heard singing in its own exquisite manner in a gulch near Pacific.. July 2, 898 Mr. Taylor collected a nest and five eggs from the side of a "prospect hole." The location was a dry one for this species to select, but the nest was a beautiful structure of moss, built to suit the shape and size of the cavity. When removed it resembled a miniature ouzel's nest more than anything else. The .eggs were partially dried up, which accounts for their being found at this late date. Certhia familiaris zelotes. Sierra Creeper. Observed from Fyffe upward to the summit. June 8 an adult male and an immature bird were taken at Fyffe, and a nest was found beneath the bark of a dead pine about 20 feet up. It could not be reached, but doubtless contained young at this date. On April 30, 2898 Mr. Taylor found a nest and five eggs at Fyffe, tim nest being built in a slit of a pine stub six inches back from the entrance, and almost wholly composed 'of strips or' cedar bark with a,few feathers intermingled. I have compared specimens of this race with skins froin Sitka with the resultthatvery little, if any, difference appears to exist between the two. Sitta carolinensis aculeata. Slender-billed Nuthatch. I met this nuthatch at a meadow near the summit on June 4, 9or when one was observed on a dead stub, but I failed to secure it. Mr. Taylor collected an immature male at lIeyer's