Palmer 1936 Itinerary June 17 The locality for the Black-chinned sparrow contrad. was determined as: 1/2 mi. SE summit Saw Benito Dtn., 4900 ft., Saw Benito Co., Calif. June 18 This A.M. moved one of the mole traps. Insects seem to be rather scarce here - so far have catched only one. From 10-12:30 A.M. hunted with Johnson for reptiles + amphibians along the creek for about a mile below camp. Caught a large Thamnophis ordinoides. This was first seen in the road about 15 ft. from the stream. When pursued, it entered a Rhamnus bush and crawled around in the branches near the top of the bush until "axed". Also caught 2 Sceloporus and 1 Rana. Found a skull of a young wood-rat while I was tearing up a rotten log. In the afternoon, hiked up Saw Benito Dtn. with Johnson. The summit of the mountain - 5258 ft. is rather flat; sloping slightly to the SE. The top of the mountain is rocky soil and is mostly covered by rather open type of chaparral. The chaparral is predominately scrub-oak with Manganita, and Ceanothus cuneatus intermixed. Scattered over the flat are Coulter Pines; most of them