Davis 1948 Mountain Springs Canyon, Argus Tds., Inyo Co., Calif. Dec. 18, 1948. Group of 3 abandoned shacks. This point shows on the Searles Lake Quadrangle as a small spur road, ending blind. Willow clumps of varying size were encountered all the way up. The dominant shrub in the canyon appeared to be Chrysocoma var. major (see C. c. ssp. californica), growing along the banks of the wash, and up on the rocky hillsides. The willows were confined to the bed of the wash, save for one clump about 100 ft up the north wall of the canyon. Scattered patches of snow were in evidence at 4000 ft. Up higher it grew deeper, and at about 4300 ft formed a solid blanket, from 1"-3" deep. It had even drifted under the willows, and the ground in and near the wash was almost completely covered. Not a brown sowhee was seen, in the willows, nor on the hillsides. Birds were scarce. A few Bell Sparrows, 2 ruby-crowned Kinglets, 2 rock wrens, several juncos + white-crowned Sparrows. We investigated two willow thickets, one at 3900 ft., and one at about 3600 ft.; this latter being the lowest thicket seen. There was no snow on the ground, but still no sowhees were seen. Creosote bush starts at about 3700 ft., and is in evidence from this point to the