Petelka 1947 Oct. 13 E base Granite Mtn., 4500 ft., Washoe Co., Nevada. or less shrub-shaped junipers, most of them from 4 to 8 feet high. Birds noted in the willow area were Thyomanes bewickii (1), Melospiza melodia (1), and Pipilo maculatus (1). Large numbers of quail were present both in the willow areas and on the slopes below them; apparently they were leaving roosting places to go down to the sage flats to feed. As I lower approached the willow area, one group of 50+ birds flushed and then another g about 25 immediately afterward and a short distance to the east of the first group. In the juniper woodland, and moving into the edge of the willows at time, was a flock of 5 or 6 Golden- crowned Kinglets. About 3 Ruby-crowned Kinglet were also seen both in the woodland and the edge of the willows. Other species noted were Robins (flocks & dropped down into the willow draw, apparently a migrating group), Junco (several in juniper woodland), Raven (one along ridge), Magpie (2 feeding in woodland area, exchanging calls intermittently, observed to fly up from sage flat, in the direction from a ranch house. Two Canyon Wrens were noted among rocks along a dry branch of the main draw. Two Solitaires were seen, one chasing the other, then returning to the area