Amold 1937 M.V.Z., Berkeley, Calif. Oct. 16 This morning Dr. Grinnell and my self went up to the primitive area to look over the gate situation. We arrived at the Botanical Garden at about 9:50. After showing him the room we had given to us for working in, we started over toward the "Primitive Area." At 10 A.M. we saw several (5) Gambel Sparrows chasing and eating termites along one of the paths. These sparrows would run along and pick the insects out of the air, pick them from the ground and at one time I saw a bird fly about 18 inches off the ground and catch one of the insects in mid air "Flycatcher fashion." The birds would eat the insects—wings and all. Although a Brown Towhee was nearby on the path I did not see it catch any termites. Dr. Grinnell said that although these are immature birds they could be told from [illegible] by the brown streaked back and coral red bill. We saw 4 or more gambeli in the tall "poison hemlock" just east of the tobacco plantation. The bushes ranged up to eight feet. One Song Sparrow was also seen in these bushes. Although it was