R MOON 1987 Journal 34 25 April Powerline road, west of Foshay Pass, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. Bruce and I drove up the dirt powerline road toward Foshay Pass from Kelbaker Road. We found two tortoises about 1/4 mi. apart about 2 mi. east of Kelbaker Road at 0820 PST and about 30° C. (Species account: Desert Tortoise). Since it was so hot so early we saw only whiptails and utas in about 1 hour of hiking around the low hills of the bajada. We were looking for spiny lizards on the boulders on these shrubby hills but we didn't find any. On our way back to Kelbaker Road we cought a large coachwhip that didn't flee as we drove past it and stopped to catch it (Species account: Coachwhip). On Kelbaker Road near the propo powerline road we caught a Leopard Lizard on the edge of the pavement. We also saw another, smaller, tortoise in the shade of two creosote bushes near the road. When we returned to Dorner's Camp Jim Murphy's class from Long Beach City College returned from Mitchell Caverns and said that they saw ten contg.