Davis 1948. Red's Meadow, 700ft., Sierra Nat'l For., Mammoth, Calif. July 20, 1948. Thamnophilus elegans couchii. Below 700 ft. on rocky, brushy, log littered stream banks. Two seen, 1 collected. Buteo jamaicensis. A large Buteo, probably of this species, was seen on several occasions. Definitely recorded when heard screaming on one occasion. Leucorax fuliginosus. Common along Fish Creek Trail at about 7000-7500ft. Fews with juveniles (2-5) seen on 3 occasions. ♂'s heard looming on higher ridges above Fish Creek Trail. Remains of 1♀ found in trash can at Starkweather Lake. Oreortyx pictus. ♂ heard hooting at lower elevations below Rainbow Falls, and along Fish Creek Trail. Acrtis macularia. 1 seen at Soda Springs Meadow. Fars californicus. 1 seen on Soother Lake. (Common near Mammoth P.O. + at Gull Lake.) Chordeiles minor. 1 heard in evening. Refhoxces niger. A colony of 20-30 birds lives behind the falls at Rainbow Falls. No evidence secured to indicate breeding. Sclaphorus rufus. 1♂ seen at Red's Meadows.