In the afternoon (5 p.m.), I went into the woods just east of Camp at the north of the road where I found the Hermit Thrush, feeding on the ground (apparently on fallen buds of red fir). Also a scattered company (too many for one family) of Wright flycatchers which I watched for half an hour. Most of them were in isolated broad leaved willows on the edge of the forest. These willows were very thrifty at the top but near the ground there were many dead branches which ran out al- most horizontally. The little flycatcher perched on this low branch and dropped to the ground repeatedly to catch some insect. At other times he caught an insect on the wing, but always, near the ground. Saw a small group of Crossbills again, also Clarke Nutcrackers. Aug 3. Left camp at 7:45, drove down to the main Yuba Pass road (built by forest dept. and well graded and surfaced as far as Sutter) then down to Greenville in the Sierra Valley (elevation 5000 ft. about 5 mi. wide & 25 mi. long), then toward Truckee, branching off to visit Independence Lake over an almost impassable road. Reached Truckee about 1 p.m. Lunch at S.P. Hotel - Then over Don- nix Pass over the wonderful graded road and Summit bridge and down to Dutch Flat where we stopped for the night at Monte Vista Inn. At this summit above Gold Lake, there were many birds. A Red-tailed Hawk was perched on the top of a dead