Mayhew 1959 Journal 15. Feb. 3 Colorado Desert, Riverside Co., Calif. We arose at 0900, ate breakfast, and left our campsite at 1000. We drove through Box Canyon on highway 195. Near the top of the grade we stopped to look for phainopepla, but had little luck finding them. Only 2 were seen in all the area we searched, which was an extensive region of palo verde, ironwood, etc. with abundant mistletoe. Numerous phainopepla were seen here at the end of last March, so the region is used by these birds. However, they seem not to have arrived in any numbers yet this year. When we finished looking for these birds, we drove east through Desert Center to try to find a road into Palen or Ford Dry Lakes. We spent all afternoon without success. Only one road was followed trying to reach Ford Dry Lake. This road ended at a Southern Calj. Gas Co. pumping station. However, we followed several roads trying to reach Palen Dry Lake. It seems to have much more extensive sand dunes than Ford. Two of these roads ended where some of the desert is now being converted to irrigated farmland. We finally returned to Desert Center, after collecting about 10 species of plants in flower 10 miles east of Desert Center. We followed the