Remsen, J.V. 1977 Pyrrhuloxia Pyrrhuloxia sinuata June 19 Chemehuevi Wash, San Bernardino Co. Calif. : 1 pair in palo verde-smalotree wash 19 mi. N. of Vidal Junction ~200 m. E of the highway where they had been discovered a couple of weeks ago by BLM personnel. The pair have remained in the vicinity within a relatively small area and have been reported singing. We watched the & for over a half-hour and she was not collecting nest material or food; no one else has seen any give-away indications of nesting. Perhaps they are waiting for summer rains which would come about this time of year in the Arizona portion of the range but probably will not materialize here on the periphery of the range - and maybe that's why they don't normally occur in Calif. There also is the possibility that they have already completed nesting efforts as is the case in other Colorado Desert birds - but why sticking so close to this spot? The male had a red crest, red loreal area, red chin, throat, and center of breast to upper-belly; red-tinged primaries, and red tail. The rest of the plumage was gray. The bill was bright yellow, and the culmen was very curved in contrast to the straight culmen and reddish bill of Red Cardinal. The underwing coverts were also conspicuously red, showing up well in flight. The female was tawny brown with red in the primaries and tail; chin slightly orange; bill yellow with curved culmen.