Rews town 1947 Journal 27 Sept 13, 2 mi N McKittrick to. 5 mi W 3mi N, McKithrick, 2100 ft, Kern Co, California. Struck the Besoquillos & broke camp leaving around 10 am. This camp is remarkable for its ecological uniformity esp. in the nature of the flora - stipes & grass and the Aupangas - sage spanous. Leonts thresher & Quail predominating. In contrast to this the mammals are abundant and varied. Besides those collected there were Jack rabbits, cottontails, & ammopermophiles. Here again dragonflies were quite numerous and quite a few small praying mantises flew in around the colman camp at night. Theme song of this camp - the Waltz from Coppelia which has since been made into a popular song. Drave to McKittrick to get groceries, etc and thence up into the Temblor Range, wentigate to Temblor Ranch & down the canyon toward the Ranch house. The ranch is owned by Carl Twisselmann, brother-in-law of John mc hillans. Made camp in a dry wash or rather canyon at 2100 ft on the east side of the Temblor Range. In the Canyon bottom where we camped the dominant tree species is Prunus ilicifolia which is a very dense small tree 20-25' high and now in fruit. It is associated & a shrub - 10 ft. high - blue drupes - possibly also a Prunus (will collect), and to a lesser extent Sambucus glauca. The more gentle hill sides & esp. north facing slopes have a spars growth of Blue Oaks which here has an unusual growth form being relatively low & spreading. Sometimes these trees are associated & junipers which is also common esp. on N-facing slopes - even the steeper ones. The dominant brush type is Haploprunus which dominates