Boulevard, FT 1942 42 Itinerary Apr. 5 Mud Creek A few Museum Special traps set along the meadow fence by Mrs. Grinnell caught 1 Promyces [illegible] manipulatorus. About 11:45 AM in a momentary cessation of the storm, we packed our things in the car, lashed the tent over a front fender, and drove in to Salinas to keep an appointment with Mr. Silliman. Mr. Silliman, however, came out just as we were leaving, preceded us back, and recommended a good auto-camp about 1/4 mile S of Salinas on Highway 101. Its name is the Anderson Salinas Motor Lodge. We have a cabin with 2 double beds, dressing room, bath, and kitchen for $3.50. It is clean, provides an abundance of clean towels, and has a large steam heater in the front room, excellent for drying out wet clothing. After changing to dry apparel, we had dinner in Salinas and went again to Mr. Silliman's house. Mr. and Mrs. Grinnell discussed the activities of several of the early ornithologists in California and Mrs. Grinnell secured some interesting notes. The father of Mr. De Tracy, it seems, was in the party of Commodore Rogers who led an expedition in search of the ill-fated Jeanette. One of Mr. Silliman's daughters has written his biography. This may contain information on early Californian ornithology which will be of historical interest. Mr. Sillman showed us a part of his library. It is housed in a small wooden building about 10'x 15' which is not fireproof and contains anyway several hundred volumes, some of which are very valuable. There are several editions of Linnaeus' Systema Naturae including an