en would be in one shadow. When disturbed they nearly always flew to the shadow of the next post. Aug-20. Am now at Jamesburg. The climate is very warm in summer with snow in winter. The altitude is from 600 to 4000 feet higher than the Salinas valley. The timber of the level and lower lands is white oaks. All the hills however are covered with black oak, laurel and other mountain growths. There is also a great deal of chaparral. A Nuttatch? probably the Slender-billed seen today. This is the first time I have ever seen this species alive. It was in the top a white oak tree near the top of one of the little hills near here. It was rather tame and hopped up and down the limbs Only a few feet away from me.