12. Stone 1941 July 27 Middle Cz, 8000 ft. White Mts, Comasalita Co, Nev. covered with sagebrush & grass is being grazed by young cows. In the damper places & along the stream wild rose is thick with a few gooseberries (Ribes sp). Along the stream is willow (Salix sp.), Cottonwood (Populus trichocarpa) + Betula fontinalis. The afternoon of the 26th I hunted deer. I found a fresh track which I followed from 3:30 PM to 6:30 PM. It led along the side of a top of the range bordering the N side of the canyon, usually crossing over to the range to the N. Only 2 other tracks were noted & they both might have been made by the same deer. The absence of feces is very striking. The deer I followed apparently kept close to the top of the ridges. I saw 4 deer. Chipmunks, heard 1 day more, saw 1 Calopinum Callospermophilus on top of the ridge & 3 Cotontails. Of the birds the Rick Wrens & Clark Nutcrackers were especially obvious. The Clark Nutcrackers were especially abundant in the Limber Pines, as many as 15 being seen at one time. My sleeping bag had not dried during the day. This morning, July 27, I washed my dirty