Orr 1932 1/2 mi. e Meramonte, 3500 ft., Fresno Co. Dec. 19, 1932 Californicus on the open hillside on the edge of the brush. Our next trap line 4 mi. west of camp in a canyon on the east side of Squaw Valley contained only one Perognathus californicus. A woodrat had been caught by the front paw in one of the traps but had eaten the leg muscles & bones clear through above the paw and escaped. Saw a flock of 100+ Band-tailed Pigeons flying overhead. Shot a loren-tit, 1 Brown Towhee, 1 Plain Titmouse, 1 Junco and 1 Spotted Towhee. The Titmouse was in a large oak on the edge of a clearing. Another was in seen in the same tree but remained as quiet after I shot the first that I was unable to secure it. After I walked away 100 yards it began calling again. More Towhees of both species could have been secured up on a brush slope but I was afraid of scaring Hobbets. Small patches of snow in shade here. One brush rabbit was noted at 9:20 a.m. as it ran thru the brush and across a clearing out of sight. About 150 yards further up the slope another brush rabbit ran across the trail 15 yards a- head of me & stopped in a small space that was partly clear and had some