Patelka 1948 Aug.29 Prisoners Harbor, Santa Cruz 1. Spent morning observing jaup at several sites to a distance of about 1/2 miles up canyon. Saw a number of new species today, the most interesting of which was Balanophlyra. Also, saw a pair of nufous-crowns with bob-tailed young out of the nest no more than 2 or 3 days. There were at least two young; the adults called alarmedly while I was nearby. Saw a snake briefly as it slid into a patch of Foeniculum; I could not locate it again. It was a yellowish olive brown, broadly without pattern, and suggested the racer of our Berkeley hills. In the evening Pearson and I got a total of 10 Hylas out of a large drinking tank used by cattle and horses, near the dwellings at the harbor. Aug.30 Walked up to the Stanton ranch headquarters, then west for about 1/2 miles. The central valley is broad, and the flatter parts are under culti- vation for about two miles west of the ranch houses. There are three Eucalyptus groves along the road within that distance. Otherwise the south-facing slope is covered with an open shrub-cactus grass vegetation; the north-facing slope with short, scrubby oaks. Live oaks occur at the base of the N-facing slope and scattered along the base of the S-facing slope as well as in