ickes, John 1990 journal 8 Juni Mountains (eastern portion), McKinley & Cibola Counties, New Mexico May 26 Chipping Sparrow - 2-LandC (Crit) Gray-backed (dorsalis) Junco - 2-DC meadowlark sp. 2-BWL Braver's Blackbird 12-BWL, 15-Ojs Giant-Tailed Grackle 30-Ojs House Finches 10-BWL, 2-LandC, 4-Ojs Pine Siskin 20-DC Kickapoo Caverns State Park Site, 22 1/2 mi N. Brackettville, Kinney Co., Texas. Elev. 1700 feet May 28 The rest 40+ hours have been given over to travel from Juni to this location, where I worked briefly last year. My route of travel was Interstate 40 east to New Mexico Highway 6 to Las Lunas, where I picked up Interstate 25 south to US Highway 360. This I travelled east to US highway 285 which I took south to US Highway 90 to Brackettville, then north on FM 674 to the park entrance. I arrived here at 14:30 CDT today, quite tired despite several naps en route. Two snakes were notable distractions this morning. 6.6 road miles E. of Sanderson on U.S. 90, I found a 5-foot Thelctio- phis flagellum basking in the early morning sun in the middle of the road. The snake was entirely bright pinkish orange, mottled intensely on the head, and with just a hint of a coarse banding pattern. At length, I stopped at the Boon Museum (I've always passed by at night previously). There I found a man trying to kill a 3 1/2 foot Elegia subocularis with a