Paul DeBenedictis 1961 26 June Squaw Valley, 6200 ft., Placer Co., Calif. had very orange hills. Only butterflies were saepiolus blues & sulfurs. Tony got a ♀ acmon blue + I got a ♂ Anthocaris (both worn). By the road saw some (? Cliff) Swallows, 2 Brown-headed cowbirds, a ♂♀(nesting) Mt. Blue birds, several Casin finches, and 2 pigeons (one a band-tail I think). Got home to find another chipmunk in a trap, this one in an open area pine. Spoiled it somewhat when I put it up. It takes about 1/2 hours now. A few birds around. Tomorrow may go around hike Tahoe. 27 June Nevada Side Lake Tahoe, Nevada left 6 traps out last night, nothing. Saw a green-tailed towhee while checking traps + a good sized ♀(? trofos) hummer, about 9AM another similar but smaller ♂. Went around L. Tahoe starting at Nevada side. Saw some shore birds in flats at Tahoe City. At a beach about 1/4 mi. W. Sand Harbor's St. [illegible] Park (Nevada) we stop- ped for a while. Butterflies scarce. Got 2 ♂♀ Erynnis, a ♂♂ Chlosyne palla, Nymphali californico, saw many Papilis eurymedon (worn) + a few rutulus, a white, Limenitis longini + hedowii; a few frits (Spylecia coronis ♀ taken), and many moths. Many found a dead Sceloporus in the lake. Birds scarce, mostly Steller jays but sawa fringilid + one Wilson warbler. Also saw a few chipmunks + plain brownish ground squirrels. At Sandy Pt. State Park saw Steller Jays, Oregon j-nco's, 2 White-Br. N-thatchers and