2. MOON 487 Journal 72 17 May southeast of Goldstone Spring, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. From the springs I followed some cow trails up the ridge on the [illegible] west side of the canyon southeast of Goldstone Spring. The trails switch backed up the soily and rocky hillside. This used to be Pion-Juniper woodland until it burned several years ago; now the only vegetation consists of bunch like grasses, introduced grasses, and the various types and colors of small annual flowers. Standing and fallen dead pi?on pines and junipers dot the hillside with a few rocky points here and there too. On the hillside just below 1600 m. I saw a collared lizard run away from a rockpile as I approached (Species account: collared Lizard). When I reached one of the peaks at 1704 m. I saw two fence lizards while I rested; they were on different outcrops of granite around the main peak (Species account: Western Fence Lizard). And in the rocks on the north side of the peaks I found a large (approx 1 1/2 m.) Gopher snake which cont'd.