Notes from the letter of Loren K. Taylor, Duffe & Norado Co. Cal. 422 The bird was called the 'Snow King' as it came only in winter and lived in the snow. From his description I thought it must be the Winter Wren so got him to show me the nest with a view to photographing it for you and collecting the nest. He said that he was prospect-ing and was "panning out" and heard a sort of drumming noise and looked up to see what caused it and saw it was caused by the "Snow King" which was feeding its young not more than two feet from his head. He watched the bird sometime and continued to work near by and to pan out in the same place. The bird soon be-came quite fearless and seemed to be not at all afraid of him. "The nest is built in the side of a perpendicular bank about four feet high and the nest is half way up and is set into the bank so the outer edge of the nest is even with the face of the bank and just shows the rim and a little moss on careful inspection. The entrance looks like a small hole in the bank. I could just reach the bottom of the nest with my fingers and I felt two eggs in it which puzzled me some time and I wondered if the bird was laying a second set in the same nest. While talking the matter over I saw a Wren fly down into a prospect hole a short distance away and not come out again, so went to the hole and stepping into it, flushed the bird off the nest, which proved to be situated just like the other one and contained as near as I could ascertain, four eggs. I could just reach the eggs with my finger and succeeded in getting one out of the nest and it proved to be fresh. "July 12th: The nest contained today five beautiful eggs which are in good condition for blowing. I got the nest out with some difficulty as it was held to the bank by many small roots. The cavity in which the nest was made was lined overhead with moss, making a roof for the nest."