Banks 1957 Journal 27 12 June Ranch in valley S of Mt Montgomery, Mineral Co, Nev. of the place. Around the oasis were a lot of trees, poplar, [illegible](?), etc. Around here we saw and heard: Western Kingbird, Yellow Warbler, Violet-green Swallow Bullock Oriole, Killdeer, and Western Meadowlark. 13 June Spent the morning collecting at Queen Canyon. (see next entry.) Got back at noon, put up shirts until about 1600, took a bath in a pond, and left. Last night there was a full moon, very bright. It was also very windy all pm. + night, but it died down in the night. We were awakened at 0430 by two Western King- birds having territorial squabbles. See species account. Queen Canyon, 7000ft, Mineral Co, Nevada. at 0630 we left the ranch, hiked two miles to the entrance of this canyon. Willows and wild rose from a dense thicket along this stream, and a lot of birds were here. Need went on up the canyon to Queen Mine, it was interested in a [illegible] Oriole nest [illegible] bee, since 1893 (Death Valley Expedition) As expected, we found no trace of this species. I took a side canyon, climbed to 9000 ft., could see for miles. It was all pinon and juniper sprays), with Mountain Mahogany coming in above. I ran through a [illegible] belt, not 6, of Ephedraeas, probably ginsengs altho I couldn't get one. I shot a walling vine and a Tubine warbler in