Davis 948 Furnace Creek Ranch, 178 ft. below sea level, Death Valley, Inyo Co., Calif. Feb. 13, 1948. From about 15 ft. up in a Tamarix, one of a grove of several such trees near the flooded area. Noted a flock of Oregon Juncos, about 35 birds, in mesquite about 20 yds west of Ranch fence. Shot at one (missed); the entire flock flew into the dense Tamarix stand just inside the Ranch fence. Went into the Tamarix grove and found them in Tamarix foreground, calling. Shot one on ground (J.D. 1925). Other birds noted around Ranch: Audubon Warbler, Polio, Flicker, Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Song Sparrow, White-crowned Sparrow, Killdeer, Wilson Snipe (G), Mountain Bluebird, Black Phoebes, Say Phoebe's Paven, Finnet. Saw Snipes + Mountain Blu- birds on gravelly mesquite & creosote brush flats on way to Midway Well. Feb. 14. Hunted around Ranch in a.m. Shot of Eng- lsh Sparrow from date palm. Crop of bird was stuffed with date fruit (J.D. 1925). For the benefit of future collectors in this area: - The Superintendent of Death Valley National Monument is Mr. T. R. Goodwin. He is very obliging, but cannot give collecting permits. He must write the Regional Director of the National Park Service for permission to do so. This he did in my case, and was gra-