Sept., 1912 DISCOVERY OF NEST AND EGGS OF CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK 177

home of the Pine Grosbeak we found some very interesting nests with eggs in- cluding such rarities as the Lincoln Sparrow and Green-tailed Towhee, which I hope to describe at some future time. Fig. 73. FIR (AT NEAR CENTER) IN WHICH THE FIRST NEST OF THE CALIFORNIA PINE GROSBEAK WAS FOU, ND; SCA[ERED PATCHES OF SNOW WERE STILL ON THE GROUND BENE&H THE REES A HIS DATE, JUNE iS, 1912 As the day's work, which had been done bween 7250 and 80 fe altitude, had been without result, as far as tangible Grosbeak-nesting evidence was con- cerned, we decided the following day to go to the limit of the tber which is at