Carpodacus cassinii Cogswell 1950 June 17 near Sugar Bowl Lodge, 7000 ft., 1.2 mi. SSW Donner Pass, Placer Co., Calif. - fairly common, in red fir - lodgepole & silver pine forests & borders of open meadows & ski slopes. Songs seem (June 17) fewer than total members of pairs. Foraging seems to be done chiefly on ground in open or in spots where snow has melted in the forest, as about the bases of trees, etc. June 21 songs definitely more numerous, & heard in 1/2 mi. between the lodge & bottom of Sugar Bowl at 7300 ft. June 21 S. slope "Signal Hill", 7100 ft., 3/4 mi. W Donner Pass, Placer & Nevada Co., Calif. - about 5 singing OS in 1/4 mi. of scattered Jeffrey & lodgepole pines, white firs, & much brush (mixed soft & hard chaparral). Ground is all bare here, as opposed to much snow at Sugar Bowl. June 24 W. end Donner L., 5940 ft., Nevada Co., Calif. - 2 heard singing in lodgepole & Jeffrey pine forest near aspen-willow bordered stream. June 27 8800 ft., 2 1/3 mi. SSE Mt. Rose, Carson Range Washoe Co., Nev. 1 singing from whitebark pine - mountain hemlock - lodgepole pine - silver pine forest - still much snow around. late June early July near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - very conspicuous now, OS singing & always flying with SS. Same throug the Summit Valley & Ice Lakes areas just W of here. 1 pair near Ivan Garden on July 4 be- haved as though they had young in a nest high up in lodgepole pine, but I could not see any nest. They made frequent trips to & from the same tree.