and killed three Green-winged Teal and a Pin-tail. Immediately after, a White-fronted Goose lit in an alfalfa field near by, and Rising shot it. I saw a Wilson's Snipe by an irrigating ditch but did not get it. During the day, we saw two California Condors sailing high in the air, and once I saw a pair of Seconti's Thrasher, and after some trouble, shot one of them. We also saw a number of Sage Thrashers and some Purple Finches. We stopped in the evening at Palm Springs. March 7. We did not travel to-day as we had so many birds to skin. Seconti's Thrasher is very common around here, but, as usual, very wild. C.H. Howard secured two nests, each containing three eggs, but he could not get the birds. The instant anyone approaches the nest, the bird drops to the ground, and runs with great swiftness through the brush, and once startled, it is almost impossible to get within gun range. About fifteen new nests were found empty. He saw Verdins here for the first time and found several nests, but no eggs. He also saw some Phainopeplas and heard both Valley and Gambel's Quail calling near the camp. Hill shot a male White-throated Swift. Millard I skinned the Teals and other birds we had shot, while the others were collecting. March 8. In the morning we started on the road to Indio. Seconti's Thrashers were rather plentiful immediately after we left Palm Springs and we had more success in shooting them as Howard got four and Rising one. We saw a Prairie Falcon, Nevada Sage Sparrow, Phainopeplas, Verdins, and California Shrikes along the road, and at Indio a Western Goshawk,