Chino (Tramway) Canyon, WNW Palm Springs Riverside Co., Calif. Worked rocky point 1/4 mi NE dense jungle like area in upper part of canyon. I worked about 1 1/2 hours until 11:15 AM. Parsing granite slates I captured 3 Xantusia brushwii on a nice large plump F. Chuckwalla feces are everywhere and are sort of a yellow brown color. They are probably gorging themselves on Encelia farinosa blossoms which are every where. The hillsides have a yellow tint there are so many of them. Aiptas erenyi The desert mint was also present and in bloom. White throated swifts were seen flying in the area, what was probably a Black Throated Hummingbird made about 10-15 dives near me. The display was in the shape of a very narrow ellipse and went up quite high. One pass would be made near me and then