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[ Vol. III PHOTO BY C. BAFiLOW COJNTRY ABIJT ECHO. LOOKING TOWARO THe. SUMMIT. /brans/es vesper/btus moithi;tts) resullcd from the trip. At that time [ spent sever- al days collecting xxith them at Fvffe. In i897 Mr. Beck made a hasty trip as far as the summit, while Henry W. Cartiger nd myself confined our tei days' operations to Fyffe, where l,. I,. Taylor acted as host. Mr. Taylor has collected a portion of each summer since 896, and, owing to his hospitalily, Fyffe ha growu to be the Mecca of uumerous ornilhol.- gi.ts whose time precludes their going farther into the region. In 898 Mr. Price went over the route as usual while I spent ten days with Mr. Taylor, at which tiine the second known set o! herinit warbler was collected. In Julre, i899 , Messrs. Carriger, John M. Welch a,d ,nyself spent a xw-ek at Fyffe engaged in general work. In i9oo Win. L. Atkinson, Mr. Taylor aid I collected tit Fyffe and as far east as Pyramid Peak, which wax climbed on June io. During the past season (i9oi  Mr. Taylor aid I traversed the entire leigth of the road to Tallac, devoting about two weeks to the trip. Mr. Taylor was later stationed at Meyer's Statio, and Glen Alpine Springs where he secured SO,lie interesting iotes. I am especially indebted to Mr. W. V. Price fir his supplementary notes to my liat as well as for cordial co-operation. He adds a material uumber of species to the list, a fact due doubtless to his extensive study of the region. Me.,srs. Wilfred H. Osgood, R. H. Beck aud Forrest Hanfird have kindly furnished iie with data conceruing the occurrence of various species iu the region. while Mr. Chas. A. Swisler has favored me with a local list from Placerville where he has re-