Davis 1948 Furnace Creek Ranch, 178 ft. below sea level, Death Valley, Inyo Co., Calif. Feb. 11, 1948. Beneath date palms (10+), Andulon Warblers (5), Black Phoebe (1), Red-shafted Flicker (1), Song Sparrow (2), English Sparrows (5±), and 1 Lewis Woodpecker. The latter bird I shot at and missed. When first seen, it was luthing around the bole of a date palm. It flew, after a few minutes, to another date palm, and remained clinging to the bole just beneath the lowest fronds. In this position it was observed through 9 x 35 prismoculars, and the gray collar clearly seen. I approached the bird and shot at it, but it flew away, obviously wounded. When last seen, it rose sharply above a line of tall tamarisk and then glided down out of sight behind the trees. Search for it proved fruitless. In p.m., while setting traps in tamarisk at SW corner of ranch, saw a large Falcon fly by, probably F. mexicanus. 2 robins noted on ground beneath tamarisk. On a tallen Tamarisk noted large flash of bird excreta, & beneath the tree mammal fur (Ceronygens). In another spot, noted numerous yellow feathers in tufts (Meadow- lark). The day as a whole was very windy, & poor for collecting.