Field notes, v644
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Davis 23 746 5.6 mi. ENE of Junction of Highways 466 and 1, San Luis Obispo to, Calif. May 12, 1946 We left this locality and continued west till 466 joined Cal. No. 1, and at this point drove about 200 yards to the sand dunes on the beach almost opposite Moro Rock. There was a pretty dense growth of Lufinus sp. on the sand dunes, and we searched about the lufin-bushes for Anemella, but found none. I saw and heard a song sparrow singing from a bush (sp?) and was much impressed by the opening two notes of the song - a very loud, nasal, metallic (brassy!!) "brek-brek" - very much unlike any song sparrow I had ever heard before. We drove NNW on Highway 1, stopping a couple of times to hunt Ensatina in well-we- detailed canyons, but not finding any. At a point 34 mi. NNW of San Simon, in Monterey Co., Calif.; about 25 yds south of the Kirk Creek Bridge, we turned ESE on a road leading to Jolon, Monterey Co., Calif. This road crosses over the Santa Lucia Mts. (?) and is breath-taking for sharp curves and precipitous & dizzying drop-offs. We stopped at several localities on both sides