Mayhew 1959 Journal 32. Mar. 22 Colorado Desert, Imperial Co., Calif. Lesser nighthawk Verdin Hummingbird (sp.?) We watched in the large pond west of the junction of the creeks for muskrats, but failed to see any. However, there was plenty of evidence of muskrat activity in the area. We returned to the cars at 1420. The weather had been perfect until about 1330, when the wind began to blow from the west. By the time we reached the cars, considerable dust was blowing. We returned to UCR by way of Highway 78, Warner Hot Springs (where Ed Corey's car was hit by a drunken Indian in a pick-up), Highway 79 to Hemet, Highway 74 to Ranoland, then Highway 395 to Riverside. We reached UCR at 1920 after a trip (in my car) of 493 miles. All told, we saw 49 species of vertebrates on the trip. Mar. 28 Deep Canyon region, Riverside Co., Calif. This morning at 0535 Dean Parker, Rudy Reibal, Frank Vaase, Carl Bovell, Tom Patterson (reporter for Riverside Press) & I left UCR for the Deep Canyon Station. Lloyd Tevis of Cal. Tech. met us on the station at 0730. He left his car about 2 miles south of the gate to the station and rode