Davis 948. Furnace Creek Ranch, 178 ft. below sea level, Death Valley, Inyo Co., Calif. Feb. 11, 1948. Hunted around Furnace Creek Ranch from 10 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. Spent about 40 minutes in Tamarisk groves on south side + southwest corner of Ranch. Day rather overcast, and a high wind left birds undercover. Saw a few White-Crowned Sparrows. Crossed ranch fence at southwest corner. About 30 yards south of the ranch fence, in a file of mesquite snags and dead palm fronds, evidently placed there by ranch hands, noted White-Crowned Sparrows, Linnetes, and 1 Thrush, which was collected (J.D. 1948) from the top of a mes- quite snag. This bird had several large nema- todes subcutaneously in the region of the occiput and throat, and along the trachea. These worms are now in the collection of Betty K. Davis. Then crossed the ranch and hunted on golf course and at edge of Tamarisk groves on north side of Ranch adjacent to airport. On golf course, noted 2 Killdeer along overflow ditch, 1 Say Phoebe, numerous Linnetes and Mountain Bluebirds. Then hunted in date orchards just south of, + bordering, golf course. Birds fairly numerous here. Robins common inside and