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 THE CONDOR VoL. IX  Going along the shore for a convenient place to pitch camp, Ducks, Geese and Grebes, many with young, scurried out of range into the tules, that in some places afforded nesting sites for the swimmers. Fifty or a hundred feet from shore where the water in late years has risen to a foot or more on their trunks stand scores of bleached and rotten pines, which nature seemed to provide for the sole use of the bird kingdom. Of all the thousands of limbs on these trees I believe each one had been bored into, pecked at or marked in some manner, by the multitude of Wood- peckers, Sapsuckers and Nuthatches that inhabit the forest about the lake. There was ever to be heard the shrill calls and chatter of these wood-dwellers in supply- ing food for their young, and many interesting sights were observed from our din- ner table in camp. For more than a month we enjoyed the solitude of this beautiful place, where, after our long trip thru valley and mountains, our time was devoted to hunting and fishing, the former including the pursuit of ornithology which was the main feature. The following list includes species seen on our travels thru Solano, Sutter, Butte, Plumas and Lassen Counties; the identification of the birds and eggs of un- certainty was completed with the aid of Mr. D. A. Cohen, for which I herewith extend thanks. Echm0ph0rus 0ccidentalis. Western Grebe. Seen only at Eagle Lake, but quite common there; young with parents seen frequently. One adult taken and a set of four eggs on June 30. P0dilymbus p0diceps. Pied-billed Grebe. Common breeder at the Lake; many young seen. We watched a family feeding close to shore in a growth of water lilies and dead tules; when they saw me, each bird sank like a rock until nothing but his small head protruded. July 17, one adult was taken; and one young in down was taken August 1. Gavia irabet. Common Loon. Fairly numerous at the Lake, but very wary and hard to approach. A pair came close to shore on account of a thunder storm and the female was secured. Sterna f0steri. Foster Tern. Seen along Feather River, Plumas Co., and fairly numerous at the Lake. Found breeding on the northwest side of Lake twelve miles from our camp. Three birds were taken. Hydr0chelid0n surinamensis. Black Tern. Very common at Big Meadows, Plumas Co., Papoose Valley, and Eagle Lake. A few sets of eggs were taken at Big Meadows, June 19. Old birds were taken at Eagle Lake and also immatures; one chick in down taken on June 19 at Big Meadows. Phalacr0c0rx di10phus alb0ciliatus. Farallone Cormorant. A large colony were breeding in dead pines on the northwest side of the Lake. One bird was taken. A few pairs were breeding on stumps of pine trees one hundred feet out in the Lake on the east side. Pelecanus erythr0rhynch0s. American White Pelican. A large colony was said to be nesting t the northeast end of the Lake. As we had no means of get- ting to the island where they bred, we failed to visit the birds. Stockmen told us that on one occasion they had killed the nestlings with clubs on account of their becoming so numerous. Many birds were seen by us in the Lake. Merganser americanus. American Merganser. Two or three broods seen at the Lake, one juvenile taken July 14. Anas b0schas. Mallard. Common at Lake; several old birds were seen with young half grown. 0uerquedula cyan0ptera. Cinnamon Teal. Several flocks seen at Lake. Three