Palmer 1936 January Butts Ranch, 3000 ft., San Benito Co. (cont'd) May 24 cont'd. The fog cleared away about noon and the sun was bright and warm. I went up the hillside to the west of us about 2 P.M. Shot 2 Citellus bacheayi in the pasture. Hunted through the chaparral - here mostly scrub-oak and mountain mahogany. Saw very few birds. Heard more but the brush is so dense I couldn't see them. Shot a Wrenkit and a Vigors Bewick when in the chaparral. Here I also heard Thrashers and Calif. Gnat's Saw several flocks of Blackbirds. In the Blue Oaks shot a Plain Titmouse and saw Calif. Jays and Calif. Woodpeckers. At the edge of the chaparral was small Querues lobata, shot a Western Gnatcatcher. Saw another chasing a Calif. Jay. Investigated and found it feeding a young one. Every time the parent Gnatcatcher left the young one, the Jay would fly back into the brush where the young one was. Almost immediately the parent Gnatcatcher would return and drive the Jay away. This kept up for several minutes till I took a shot at the Jay. Now he's in a large