Paul DeBenedictis 1961 June 25. Donner Lake, 6000 ft, Nevada Co., Calif. Saw a ? Chlosyne palla laying eggs on small Indian paintbrush (Castelija.), got home about 4, slept until 5:30. Woke up to an approaching thunder storm that lasted until 6:30, little rain. It started 2 small fires south east of here. About 7 found 4 Wilson warblers in the bushes where I got the chipmunk, and also a few oregon juncos about. The latter have a long trilling call, often repeated, quite beautiful. Warblers didn't call. They seem darker above to orange on the face than Berkeley specimens. Robins most most conspicuous birds here, then juncos, then pewees, then Steller Jays, all else uncommon. Many, many chipmunks everywhere. In the morning I got 2 ? Cordulegaster dorsalis on alders where they are associated with seapage areas. beautiful big black & yellow dragonflies. A few damselflies here but mostly crane flies, June 26. This A.M. got up about 9, weather clear, sunny but a few small clouds over high mts to the west. After breakfast Tony & I went up into the mts north of the cabin. The mts are all quite open, a manzan- ita, sage scrub with small pines (cleaved), and more dense pines higher up. A few small trickles of water are present. The only flowers are cowslowers? & ? Ceanothus. Butterflies were scarce, but we got on saw Chlosyne palla, Papilio eurymedon & ruthe's, shippas