Journal Salt 1947 3 1/2 mi E., 1/2 mi N, Mcchesney Mtn., 1900 ft, San Luis Obispo Co, Calif. Sept. 3 (cont.) near the rock face. Also Calif. Jay and Spotted Towhee. Down in the stream bed found little stagnant pools of water 2 to 4 feet long and 6 to 12 inches deep about every 100 yards along stream bed. Found Junipers interspersed with Sycamores. Saw- Canyon Wren, large Sceloporus, Lawrence Goldfinch. Collected a Butarnias. Came back to camp and skinned until four o'clock. Set two #2 steel traps (single) on rock face baited with Quail and scent for bassariscus. Also set a #3 double steel trap in the path like this bank. Idea being animal steps tap buried. onto around rock drop off rock trap. Dr. Miller brought an immature purple finch down from Mcchesney mtn which I skinned. Shot at bats in evening. No bats hit. Eben McMillan shot a buck. He says there are surely Mountain Lions in these hills and that their tracks are seen often. He says he has never seen one though.