N. Stone 1941 July 21 12 mi N 4 mi C Gerlack, 4000 ft, Washoe Co., Nev. Left Soldier Meadows yesterday afternoon driving back over Granite & Smoke Cs. Desert, Then N to this place. We are camped at the S end of alkali Flat. There is a small growth of "Russian Olive Trees" where we are camped and a spring between these and the road. Between camp and Alkali Flat proper is a 1/4 mi. strip of sand dunes covered with As we reached our camp site some owls (Asio wilsonianus) flew out from the clemp of trees & 4 were shot by A. Soukashkin, H. Hall & W. Dalquest. ---- After preparing supper I managed to set out a few mouse Traps in which I caught 1 Perognathus parvus, 1 Reithrodontomys megalotis, 2 Dipodomys merriami and the ever present Peromyscus maniculatus July 22 3 mi. S Mt. Rose, 8500 ft., Washoe Co., Nev. We left our last camp early this morning and came to this locality via Reno where Dr. Hall, a Soukashkin & I met J. Bartholomew who is joining the party. At 33 mi. S of Gerlack I shot a gridiron-tailed lizard July 23 This morning I hiked up to summit of Mt. Rose and then W along the ridges overlooking Lake Tahoe and then C to camp. I flushed