Patelka 1946 June 24 Alpine Co., Calif.; and Douglas Co., Nevada. thickets, but I am inclined to doubt that it trued. The specimen in MVZ from Gardenville is a first year male taken in August, 1911. A specimen taken near Frederickburg on June 25, 1921, by Hunt is an adult male. His notes state that he obtained it "in cage." From Gardenville, we proceeded southward over the road to Antelope Valley. The mountains here are a direct, broad connection of Juno-Juniper between the Pine Nut Mountains and the east slopes of the Sierra Nevada. We stopped at a point about 10 miles SE of Gardenville and camped at approximately 5800 feet. June 25 Scrub Jays are generally distributed here. But after 2 1/2 hours of hunting, I was unable to get a single one. Young of the year are well grown and independent; thefamily groups are broken up and the birds wander widely. F. Richardson succeeded in getting one adult male in early stages of molt (center tail feathers 1/2 grown). This specimen appears to combine the characters of "superciliosa" and nevadale. Other species seen at this locality were Caltriparus minimus, Penthestes