Mayhew 1957 April 6 West side of Salton Sea, Imperial Co, Calif. Highway 78 we found area where many desert perennials are blooming. During the trip, the following perennials were seen in flower: palo verde, ocotillo, creosote bush, Ceanothus, Encelia, barrel cactus, brier- tail cactus, mesquite; agave, one species of gucca (west of Anza Desert State Park). May 4 10 mi. N.W. of Murrieta, Riverside Co., Calif. (On San Today the field class collected along Mateo Canyon a small stream on the Vail Co. ranch. Road.) The stream wasn't flowing, but seemed to be a series of seeps. Two Rana boylii, one young Hyla regilla (?), 4 Taricha torosa, 1 Ambystoma multi- carinatus, 5 Clemmys marmorata, and a large number of Thamnophis elegans were collected, as well as a species of snail I have never seen before, + some aquatic mites. The area is open grassland in the level areas, changing to oak woodland in spots, + to chaparral on the slopes. One deer (doe), 1 cottontail, + several Beechy ground squirrels were seen. Birds seen were: mourning dove, sparrow hawk, red-tailed hawk, Dark sparrow, horned lark, house finch, Bullock's oriole, purple martin, Kingbird, red-winged blackbird, crow, meadowlark, red-shafted flicker, Calyp, quail, roadrunner, green-