(April 1 cont) to the N a dirt rd. turnoff just W of the Carlsbad Canyon turnoff. After a short way N the road turned E in the creek led by Carrizo Creek. After sev. miles we came back as hard rain & wind came up again. We returned to within a few tenths of a mile of the main rd. & camped along a fence (2 1/4 mi. S, 3 3/4 mi. E Agua Caliente). We set 65 trap just E of camp. This area is very good & excellent merriami habitat. It rained & the wind blew hard practically all night. April 2 Catch: Dipodomys merriami - 3 Perognathus longimembris -1 (alive) One of the merriamis had both forded stuffed mostly with green stuff including leaves, flower buds & sim. seeds; there were also a few mature seeds. At camp we saw Verdin (Conn.) including a nest with young, West. Bratcatcher -1, House finch, a Crissal's or LeConte' Thrasher, resident. Hummer - sev. violet green swallows ?- 1. The day before we had seen in the rain a large flock of whitish shore bird-like creature. After skinning our small catch we continued E. Saw a shrike a short way just camp. Road veers southward toward the mts. & Sweeney Canyon. Vallecitos Valley (Carrizo Valley) opens to eastward into Imperial Valley. At 1.2 mi. beyond Box Willow