hollows & caves in them by friction. Birds of caves sandy. Saw heard Parkman's when probably nesting in hollow trees. Heard Cal. Thrashers other songsters. Nothing but Raptors on tops of hills about yocks. "Cridums" on N. sides, Maiden hair vother froms in pro- fusion & thinner species of wire fern not rare. Reddish soil thick with sage brush of green leaf with offensively Strongsmmy & ordinary sage. Saw a Rid- tail chasing a Swainson's or a young Rid-tail, Saw a dead T. buzzard in Castro Valley. A- cout color of Gold. Eagle & Glosey. Heard Bullock's Orioles & B-h. Gra breaks in canon, 1 Summer near top of mountain. Saw 1 Cliff & 1 Barn Swallow, probably first arrivals. Lots quail in Canon not as if shot out of season. Cal.