(Aug 4 cont.) + a Rattlesnake (large species) which we both ate. + no was discarded. We saw our Scaled Quail on way down + Ward shot 1. On way back we closed a brush of about 10 yd. quail (2 w3 days old) + caught one. I shot a Prairie Wither along trough. A number of birds were singing + had flight songs. The song like a started ending. I caught nothing in 2 net traps around camp - picked them up. Had a 5 Citellus nevadensis in steel trap set at morning along levee. Squirrel catch. Dan shot a 8 red-eyed Cowbird in Camp + Stokes saw a Yellow-billed Cuckoo go trough Camp in early morning. We had a moderate heavy rain in the afternoon. Yesterday we talked to a man who works for the fellow who owns the land we were camped on. He told us there were lots of leaves in the mountains + that they need 50 cows a year to wolves. He also said there were porcupine in the higher parts of the mountains. This agrees with the statement of our neighbor who reported that his dog had found a foragevine recently up one of the nearby canyons. Song of Ainsworth mentioned above agrees perfectly with Peters's description of the song of A. cassini. Set our 2 softer set new camp. Caught a hard Turtle (Kinosternon) in small pond at base of cliffs behind camp. After dinner Dave + I drove down to about 1 mi. of the advance site, on the main rd, to set traps. We set 5 Schuyler traps