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 IO THE CONDOR I VOL. V 19Ol. Falco columbarius at Santa Clara, Cal. Condor III, September i9Oi, p. I33. 19Ol. A List of the Land Birds of the Placerville-Lake Tahoe Stage Road. I Central Sierra Nevada Mountains, Cal. [ By Chester Barlow I XVith Supplementary Notes by XV. W. Price. --Condor III, November 19Ol, pp. 151-184, II hftt. 19o2. Some Echoes from the Sierras. ---Condor IV, July 19o2, pp. 79-81, hft. 19O2. Some Observations on the Rufous-crowned Sparrow. --Condor IV, September 19O2, pp. IO7-11I, 2 hftt. Nesting of the Townsend Solitaire. BY A. W. ANTHONY. EARLY all of our western ornithologists are familiar with the Townsend soli- taire in life. A few ot the more favored have listened to its incomparable song, as, perched on the topmost twig of a dead fir, in the solemn silence of the high Sierras, or in deep and ragged canyons of the Rocky Mountains, this shy, PHOTO BY A. W. ANTHONY. N'ST AND [GG$ DF TH ' TOWN$'ND $0LITAIFi '. retiring bird pours forth its very soul in a wild ringing outburst of song, that seems to descend from crags and ledges in a veritable shower of crystalized melody. With