148. Furnace Creek Ranch, 78 ft. below sea level, Death Valley, Inyo Co., Calif. Oct. 16. Ran back to old bathhouse, and a storehouse, occupied by an old man, with whom we held no conversation. The spring apparently rises from the base of a large rock, & the water smells sulphurous. This water feeds a small clear pool, in which Cyprinidae are ab- undant, & then supplies a large area of Tules & open ponds, one of which is about 1/4 mile in diameter, & surrounded by Tules. On this large pool were 2 Greenwinged teal and about a dozen coot. On the far shore, 1 Blackbird, apparently a Brewer, was noted. Marsh Wrens were common in the Tules, and several Song Sparrows were also seen. In Tamarisk, and on & about the bathhouse, were noted Say's Phoebe (1), Oregon Junco (1), and Red-shafted Flicker on an old tower above the storehouse. Ruby-crowned Kinglet noted in mesquite near house. Altitude at the spring 410 ft. by my altimeter. Then we proceeded back up the road to the junction, & took the east highway back to the ranch.