R. MOON 1987 Journal 39 28 April Bonanza King Canyon, Providence Mountains, San Bernardino co., CA. Bruce and I returned from Barstow at 1000 PST. At 1400 we went to Bonanza King Canyon to check our pit-fall traps. In a trap at the base of a rock pile and a Yucca tree in the center of the mouth of the canyon we found an adult male Gilbert skink (species account: Gilbert SKINK). After checking four traps (and finding them empty) at the fork in the canyon about 1/2 mi. up from the mouth we found a large, reddish speckled rattlesnake abroad in the canyon just below the fork. We caught the snake after a half hour of carefully coaxing it out of the shrubs it took cover in (species account: Speckled Rattlesnake). Then we went to Silver King Mine to look around. We found some old metal barrels, some petrified wood like rocks in limestone, and plenty of rabbits. To the northeast it was cloudy and raining but in our area there were no clouds. cont'd.