Pitka 1946. June 23 Steamboat Springs, Washoe Co., Nevada. Spent about 1/2 hours in yellow-pine area just west of Steamboat Springs. The yellow pines are young and represent second-growth as all of the original timber was lumbered during heavy mining activities at Virginia City. The pine occurs on poor soil and is surrounded by Artemisia with occasional junipers. There was a strong, howling west wind, making bird observation quite frustrating, but the following species were detected here: Picia pica. Buteo jamaicensis. Spizella passerina, Dendroica auduboni, with well grown young out of the nest. Here at 4900 feet occurring for this species, in a surprisingly arid situation. Otio wilsonianus, adult with two young out of the nest found in one of three junipers a few hundred feet away from the main yellow-pine island. There were old magpie nests in these junipers. The tail feathers of the young were about 1/2 grown. Aeoscoptus montanus. Salyinctes absoltus Euphagus cyanocphalus Myochanes richardsonii Sayornis saya with young out of nest. Culaptus cafer Stelgidopteryx ruficollis entering small prospect- ing cave.