Banks 1957 Journal 23 9 June Indian Spring, N. Mt. MacRuder, 7300ft., Esmeralda, Nevada at 4:00. Shortly thereafter it began to rain, and really cut up a storm - thunder and lightning to the west, heavy rain and some hail too. We were inside, with lantern stove going, still cold, even with a makeshift door keeping out most of the wind. While getting supper we noted lots of birds here: Blue Gray Grosbeak, Bush-tit, Brewer Sparrow, Berich Wren, Pinon Jay, House Finch (?), Earlier had seen a Killdeer at Pigeon Spring. 10 June It rained all last night. Got up at 7 1/5. It was dry, but cloudy and cold. After breakfast we set out to hunt. I went N. toward Palmetto Mt. Need went south, around the foothills of Mt. MacRuder. I got up to 7500 ft., at least. During the course of the morning, which lasted till 2 P.M., I shot: 1 Dendrocena nigrescens, 3 Psaltriparus minima, 2 Thryomanes leucichii, 1 Spizella passerina, [illegible], and 1 Empidonax griseus (Gray flycatcher). Also saw the following: Pinon Jay, Mt. Bluebird, House Finch, Sunk Jay, Mt. Chickadee, Bell Sparrow and Brewer Sparrow restricted to valley, don't got up the canyons or ridges. In the afternoon it was still windy but the rain stopped about noon. We fixed a table of roots and shinned until