Grinnell -1915 24 Yosemite, Calif. of reddish brown around the larger end. The junco at cottage 6 has apparently finished nest- building. The completed nest is a bulky affair of pine needles, weed stems and cedar bark. It straggles away down the outer side of the tree. The fourth egg of the Spurred Towhee by the stump base was still un- hatched this morning so I examined it and found the little one dead within the chipped egg, to the side of which it was firmly dried. June 27 There are three eggs in the new nest in the thimble berry thicket. June 28 There are four eggs in the new nest and the parent bird, a Tolmie Warbler, is sitting. The little Tolmie Warblers at the nest by the stump have