Weston 1946 Journal 10. July 3 Keys View, 5000 ft. Joshua Tree Nat'l. Mon., Riverside Co., Calif. has been very poor. On our way over to Keys View from Quail Spring I saw a turkey vulture and a gila woodpecker. No mammals except one antelope ground squirrel crossing the road were seen. July 4 At 5 a.m. we got up. I checked my two rats traps and found the bait (raisins) hadn't even been touched. From 5:30 to 6:30 a.m. we went out looking for reptiles. I saw a Uta and a Sceloporus but got neither. On one boulder-covered knoll Wade and I caught a Coluber lateralis. It had been sunning itself in a sandy clearing between a boulder and a juniper. When startled it streaked for for the boulder. There we caught it in a hole. In pulling it out both Wade and I were both bitten by it. Back at the car we ate at 7 a.m. Again sandwiches. After breakfast until 9 a.m. we went out again looking for reptiles. I restricted my movements to searching for Xantusia vigilis under fallen Joshua tree logs. I got just one adult ?. Dr. S. and Wade got several others. About 8:30 a.m. a white-throated swift flew by. It was seen off and on for ten minutes or so. At 9:15 a.m. we got in the