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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