Banks 1954 2. Iena. 18. June 9 Prairie Creek Redwood State Park, Humboldt Co., Calif. Heard a bird at the south end of this park, along Rt. 101, near the campgrounds. 3/4 mi N, 1/2 mi W Fort Wick, sealevel, Del Norte Co., Calif. The brushy borders of the pastures bordering Smith River here support a fairly good Zonotrichia population. Typically, they seem to lie in brush clumps or fence rows, but a few are in edges formed by riparian woods or rows of Redwoods. # 485 flushed as I walked by, and was shot from a dead weed stalk sticking above the grass. # 486 was very close by, and presumably is its mate. # 487 attracted my attention by singing, and was shot from a Broom (?) plant. The major brush plant here is, I guess, Scotch Broom or something similar. It's a plant with yellow snap-dragon like flowers, small leaves, and legume pods. see next 18. June 10 # 488 was sitting on a stump with another bird. The other flew away, but in a minute I heard a bird behind me. One sat in a Redwood. I shot it but it stayed in tree-dead. Couldn't get it. This may have been a purple finch - sun in my eyes. # 489 was chipping close by 10 min later. # 490 was sitting on a fence post, between a weedy field + planted corn. After 5 to an older, + got shot. # 491 + # 492 were together in an elder. Twenty's min. later, 2 birds on