H. W. Grinnell - 1915 Yosemite, Calif. we left her. A visit to the spurred towhee's nest showed both parents about and scolding vigorously. June 12 The nest in the thistle very fresh held three eggs this morning, but again the parent eluded us. At the base of a small stump among the ferns we found a fourth nest under a dried fern leaf canopy. This nest was a deep cup of bark lined with fine round grass stems. The Parent whizzed away, flying low among the ferns, before identi- fication was possible. The four eggs were slightly smaller than those of the Spurred towhee and were bluish white finely speckled with reddish brown, especially around the larger end. Near this nest we found the dried remains of a flying squirrel upon the ground. A golden crowned kinglet