Palma 1936 June 14 cont'd. (mv. SE summit San Benito Mtn. (cont'd.) Golden Eagle, Mourning Dove, Red- shafted Flicker and Black-chinned Sparrow. The last species was looked for especially, but only the one bird was seen and it was out of range. June 15 Caught Scapanus latimanus in the 3 mole traps. In the afternoon drove down to New Idria for mail but didn't get any. On the way back stopped at a flat of about 10 acres. This locality designated as 1 mi. S New Idria, 3700 ft., San Benito Co., Calif.. The flat is grassy (dry) Facing NE. The hill to the SW is brush covered & the uppedge of the flat is covered by a growth of scrubby Blue oak, Digger Pine and Cercocarpus betulae folias (?). Hunted around there & shot 1 Anna Humming- bird and 1 Spotted Towhee. Saw a few Bewick Whens and a small flock of Lawrence Goldfinches. The flat is largely dry grass with a few patches of Eriodictyon californicum. The edges of the flat are covered by Chrysothamnus. To the E it drops off into a steep canyon. In the grassy part of the flat saw many Lark Sparrows & Calif Quail in the Eriodictyon. Shot a Say Pheobe from an Elder bush, and a