, Strong 1925 copy) /68 which flows sometimes above and sometimes under ground. (collected antlers) Flocks of Pinon Jays, and several Clark Nutcrackers are most striking. V. G., Eave (very few) and a pair of Purple Martins in the air. Juncos, Nuthatches (Pygmy and Slender billed) and Bluebirds abundant. Also Pine Siskins and Brewer Blackbirds com- mon. Many deer horns scattered over the flat. VALLECITOS CAMP May 27, 1925. Collected on flat this morning, along creek. Watched the Pinon Jays catching insects like blackbirds, feeding on edges of creek, and thru pines. Secured a pair of Clark Nutcrackers -- they sit very quietly in the high pines or dead stubs -- occasionally screaming or making their grating "nut-cracking" noises. Usually they are to be found near the Pinon Jays. Val- ley Quail were pairing. Pine Siskins in flocks, Blue- birds and Juncos in pairs. Collected two Purple Finches (a pair of females came into camp last night, after I shot one the other would not leave.) One male with club-feet collected today, singing in a dead pine. A d pair of Redtails only hawks seen. Nuthatches of both species common. Chipmunks common, gray - i.e. ground squirrels rare.