Cogswell 1940 Melospiza lincolnii 2 July 3 (cont.) which is partly dead & spreads over the nest. The site is on a slight rise of ground completely surrounded by even wetter ground (tiny areas of standing or trickling water everywhere, soil deep & spongy). The nearest tall willow thickets are about 6 to 10 ft. away in a semicircle about the nest location. The adults scolded with the ordinary dry "chek" note & also a higher, sharp "tsik" from these tall willows. July 11 near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - still 2 singing. July 12 7400 ft., 2.2 mi. E, 1/3 mi. S Mt. Rose, Carson Range, Washoe Co., Nev. 1 heard singing in willow thickets (few) in wet grassy flat by tiny lake. July 22 near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - still 2 singing. July 23 9000 ft., 1/8 mi. W Star Lake, Carson Range, Eldorado Co., Calif. 1 heard singing & another seen in several acre patch of mountain alders & willows on a slope which was oozing water everywhere, forest all about was upper limit of Canadian zone, but for stream on 1 side of the willows. July 25 { near Sugar Bowl Lodge [see above] - 3 heard singing July 27 } in same general area where 2 have been found previously. The new(?) one's territory is in an unoccupied section of willows & young red firs (coming thru willows) beyond that of the pair with the nest discovered on July 3. (this nest was found empty about a week later).