Rusty 1944 Journal, 9/15 [mi SE San Benito Pass, 4400', San Benito Co., Calif. Aug 10 grew as far as I went although it was less common. Collected Hermit Warbler, Pewee, Spotted Towhee, white-breasted Nuttall, & two Solitary Vireos, and picked up a small owls feather for identification. Also saw Red-tail Hawk, Mourning Dove, Selasphorus hummers, Flycatcher, Nuttall Woodpecker, Wm. Flycatcher, California, Plain Titmouse, Bush Tit (saw an abandoned nest about 5' up in a 7' Manganita), House Wren, Bewilde Wren, Wren Tit, Thrasher, Bluebird, Thrushes, Black-throated Gray Warbler (a family party), Green-backs & [illegible] Goldfinch & Junco. Returned about 11:30 & bathed, ate & skinned most of the afternoon. In the evening rebaited the 20 mouse traps in the stream bed nearest camp & added ten more (baited all with walnut. In the evening went after bats. Retired 9pm. Aug 11 arose usual hour. One Sorex in traps & front foot of a [illegible], Skinned Shrew and set out with Dr Miller to point about a mile NE of camp where we found Bell Sparrows on the 10'. The spot was a burned over ridge much like the one visited on the ninth - Adenostoma and nut hollyhock & scrub oak burned over & coming up at the roots-again a good growth of Yerba Santa & [illegible] & other herbs. Also a sprinkling of Poison Oak & Yucca on the south-facing slope. The Bell Sparrows were in