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cordulatus). A little deer-brush and willows grow
in the moist locations and in forest trees the red
firs here predominate with occasional mountain
firs, cedars and a few pines. The oaks give out
near the Junction.
BIRDS OBSERVED AT ECHO.
Western Redtail
Golden Eagle (Watson)
Macgillivray's Warbler
Thick-billed Sparrow (Common)
Olive-sided Flycatcher
Western Wood Pewee
Blue-fronted Jay
Western Robin
Arctic Bluebird
Red-br. Sapsucker
Mt. Chickadee
Green-tailed Towhee
Louisiana Tanager
Thur er's Junco
Plumed Quail
Sooty Grouse
Warbling Vireo
Calaveras Warbler
West. Evening Grosbeak
Red-shafted Flicker
Spurred Towhee
California Creeper
Sparrowhawk.
FRIDAY JUNE 14.
We left Echo about I p. m. for the summit.
Taylor and I walked and Jen drove. The country is
excessively rocky to the top of Slippery Ford
hill. Here the junipers start in, followed a short
distance farther up by tamaracks. Quaking asp began
at 10:30. Thick-billed Sparrows and Green-tailed
Towhees were our only birds for a distance. At
about 7200 feet I shot a Williamson's Sapsucker