1948 Eupoda montana Dec.20 - 19 mi. S. Mendota, Fresno Co., Calif. a flock estimated at well over 100 was scattered over the barren flats west of highway 33. They are so pale brown that they just about match the bare earth and are extremely difficult to see until the run a few steps — which they do every few minutes or less. A few of them flew away from the road as we stopped, but the whole flock was not alarmed. They were silent during the few minutes we watched. - 21 mi. S. Mendota, Fresno Co., Calif. an even larger flock (150+) on similar terrain here stretched away as far as I could pick them out with 9x binoculars. Each bird averaged a good 70-100 ft. from another. A smaller number of [illegible] larks were also feeding in the same area. What these birds find to eat here I can't see, altho I suppose there are small insects. We found a dead millipede by the roadside at the last locality — nothing at all here. The only vegetation is an extremely scanty (small fraction of 1%) growth of dried up herbs.