Patels 1947 Oct. 15 6½ mi. ESE Tule Pk, 4500 ft., Virginia Mts, Washoe Co., Nev. Ranch [Neil West, proprietor]. Here we were permitted to use an old stone cabin for our headquarters, about ¼ mile below the main TH Ranch house and barns. We were told at Sutcliffe that the TH Ranch used to be a dude ranch, but is now mainly a horse ranch. The surrounding country is juniper wood- land, nowhere very well developed. The main canyon has [or did have] a well-developed riparian vegetation of Salix, Rosa, Populus, and Crnus. All of the flat areas along the main stream are or have been cultivated. There is extensive grazing disturbance all along the stream, and the loose soil and slopes are covered with red rock rubble which are also disturbed all along the main canyon. We arrived here about 11. Shortly after I left on a hunt up the main canyon for at least a mile, to a grove of aspens growing in one of the east- facing branches of the north arm of the main canyon. There was a strong wind throughout the time I spent outside, until past 4. No jays were heard or seen. Other species noted were Saphor- tyx californica, Geortyx picta, Stunnella neglecta, Ovocois alpestris, Colaptes cafer (common), Pipleo maculatus, Melospyi melodica, Zonotricha coronata and Z. leucothrys, Psaltriparus minimus Thryomanes leucii, Cathartes mexicanus,