Lazuli Bunting Olive-sided Flycatcher Spurred Towhee Plumed Quail Black-headed Grosbeak Barn Swallow (Brownell) Red-breasted Nuthatch Thick-billed Sparrow Audubon's Warbler Sparrowhawk (at 5,500) Thurber's Junco Black-throated Gray Warbler Cabanis' Woodpecker THURSDAY JUNE 13. We left Sugar Loaf at 12:30 for Echo. Shot a Thick-billed Sparrow and a Macgillivray's War- bler at Shingle Mill, the latter being interesting Birds were abundant along the road in the buck- brush. Saw a Redtail along the road. Reached Echo at 5 p. m. It began to drizzle soon after. FRIDAY JUNE 14. This morning Taylor and I went down the road. A pair of Arctic Bluebirds were flitting about the edge of the meadow, preparing to nest. I walked over to the River and was surprised to find a pair of West. Evening Grosbeaks in a swampy spot. Shot at the male but missed. The birds had a sharp, musical note quite unlike any of the othe common bird notes. The female was probably build- ing but could not be traced. We found a Tanager's nest building in a red fir. Shot two Calaveras Warblers in the brush where they were common. Shot a male Macgillivray's Warbler showing this valley species to extend up to at least this elevation. Thick-billed Sparrows and Green-tailed Towhees were common in the brush, and a Spurred Towhee was also heard. A sparrowhawk was heard. The Echo country is interesting. Great rocky ridges radiate in all directions, being gen- erally well-covered with thorn-brush (Ceanothus