June 8. Strawberry Canyon, Alameda Co., Calif. Sunny day. In period from 10:00 - 11:30 AM (clear) following species singing: Warbling Vireo (vigorously, continually), Orange-crad & Tolmie Warblers, Amer. Goldfinch, Purple Finch, Swainson Thrush. Notably silent were Pileated Warble. (although active feeding juv.) and Black-headed Grosbeak (heard once). This in Oak woodland S of Botanic Garden. In evening (7:30) when-'it heard singing June 21. Martha & I left Berkeley about 5:30 AM, driving to Davis to see the Williamsons. After breakfast & with borrowed items of camping gear, we proceeded to Sacramento. Afterfan- belt repairs, we left there at 10:30, proceeding via Placerville over Echo Summit & down to the Carson City Jctn. at 3:00. From there we drove to Bridgeport with a stop in Pinon-juniper 10 mi SE Gardenville, Douglas Co., Nevada. No birds seen in 15 minutes of hunting. Pinos seemed to be dying out, having a browned appearance as though flash-burned. We reached Bridgeport about 5:30, had dinner (rib steak & $2.00), talked to Mrs. Cain at the general store (mostly about Bodie) and then, about 7:00 pm) drove 10 miles to the Forest Service Campground called Horngsrom Flat on Robinson Cr., 7 mi. SW Bridgeport, 6900 ft., Mono Co., Calif. We camped along a creek perhaps 20 feet across, a rapid stream which was rising to overflow its bank at one point where it made a sharp bend. The creek was wooded on both sides with aspen, willow, and lodgepole pine and there were scattered low clumps of willows in the grassy rush-covered meadow nearby. Stream flowed to N at this point - hills to E covered with sagebrush as were