159 Oct. 12-16. Trip to Claremont and return. Left Tues. Oct. 12 at 4:10 p.m. and drove to King's City. Thunder shower during the night - spent at the Lindy Auto Court. Oct. 13. Clear & fresh. Crowned Sparrows apparently very scarce. Lunch at Santa Barbara. Along the coast shore birds were frequently seen in small groups; Willetts, a few Curlew (Long-billed), more Godwits and Bk. Plovers, many Sandpipers. Very few gulls - Very few storks made. Evidence of rain south of St. Barbara but none at Los Angeles where it was quite warm. Spent the night at Los Angeles. Mockingbird heard several times during the night. Oct. 14. Drove to Claremont - Cloudy, cool. Attended the jubilee (50th yr.) exercises at Pomona College and after lunch went to Pomona. Heard no Crowned Sparrow though in excellent territory for them. Started north about 4 p.m. - to Pasadena, San Fernando and Bakersfield where we spent the night at El Adobe Auto Court. Oct. 15. Went from Bakersfield to Buena Vista Lake, still containing considerable water. Country about covered with desert plants. On the lake 3 swans (Coots (ap.), Eared Grebes (feeding by keeping their heads under water while they floated about) a few Sandpipers (ap.?), two Am. Egrets, a raft of about 200-300 White Pelicans. In the distance a few Anseres or flying, a few ducks. and in flight beyond a concealing point of land some of the larger shore birds. Continued to Tapt where we turned north through McKittrick. As we left the sage covered territory and came to grass lands (Horned Larks became numerous, and continued so through