435 found a Spurred Towhee's nest with young. Thick-billed Sparrows were common. Heard a singing Cassin's Vireo and found nest IO feet up in a black oak. It held five eggs. We shot female parent. Heard Empidonax hammondi, Piranga ludoviciana, Contopus borealis, Carpodacus cassini etc. Saw several Cyanocitta pursued by vireos. Saw a Western Redtail and also a Turkey Buz- zard. I shot a Cal. Purple Finch (male) where it was drinking. Saw a Lazuli Bunting. Warbling Vireos common in the black oaks. After dinner we went out to photograph milk weed. Leroy took his set N/4 Black-throated Gray Warbler, incubation fresh. This morning I made photos. of the locality of Calaveras Warbler nest and another of the nest and eggs in situ. This afternoon Taylor took up the nest and foliage in a box and we made two plates of the operation, making a series of four in all. Skinned birds in afternoon, preparatory to starting for Pyramid Peak in the morning. DESCRIPTION OF CALAVERAS WARBLER SET: Nest 3 inches outside diameter, composed of weed-stems grasses and bark. Lined with fine bark and soap-root fibers. Eggs spotted quite heavily at large end, tending to confluency. Eggs, 5. THURSDAY, June 7th:- Travelled from Fyffe to Sugar Loaf, where we camped over night and enjoyed a trout supper. FRIDAY, June 8th:- From Sugar Loaf to Forni's. eard several grpuse at 6,000 feet. After a long ride ver a rough and steep road we reached Forni's after o'clock, near the base of Pyramid Peak. Going in hrough the tamarack forests patches of snow were pparent in all shaded parts and the willows were just oming into leaf. On the lower meadow wild flowers nd vegetation were growing in rank profusion. We eard the beautiful song of the Big Tree Thrush while ing through the woods about dusk. We found the dairy uildings situated at the head of a meadow and when e arrived the air had an extremely chilly feeling. d Pyramid, snow-capped, stood out coldly in the gloam g.