Petelka 1946 June 23 Southern Washoe and Ormsby counties, Nevada. The hills on the south side of Washoe Valley are bare. Those immediately to the SW of Carson City are also bare. There are yellow pines on the slopes west of Carson City but apparently no pinoons. Prison Hill southeast of Carson City is also bare except for a few scattered small trees. Southward the gap between the Pine Nut Range and the Sierra Nevada widens. June 24 Douglas Co., Nevada, and Alpine Co., Calif. Drove south with Frank Richardson, through Carson Valley. Stopped near crossing of Carson River and main north-south highway and observed a pair of wilets and a pair of Wilson phalaropes, both giving alarm notes as we wandered about a marshy area. Apparently there are no definite breeding records of the willet from this area. Took road to Fredericksburg, which is along the west margin of a dry, sagelrush covered valley. Just behind Fredericksburg, yellow pines come down on the mountain slopes to the valley flat, and it is possible that Jay occur there locally. We continued up to Markleville and passed through an interesting extensive open forest of mixed yellow pine and pinon. We stopped near Markleville but heard no Jay. Are