Banks 1958, Journal Aug 6 Big Meadows, 6500 ft. Calaveras Co., Calif. -tolmei. Among birds recorded were: Junco oreganus (feeding young), Empidonax sp., Passerella iliaica, quite common, Dendrocapus sillemi, Pams gambelli, Sitta sp. Moved on to Aug 6 Mosquito Lakes, 8000 ft. Alpine Co., Calif. Arrived here alout 10 AM. Went collecting till about 3 PM, rested a while then left alout 6:30 or 7 pm. Saw and collected a good number of birds, also got a Pama (x 349) muscosa out of a pond and shot a (x 350) Eutamas out of a tree. Saw: Piranga ludoviciana, many Tardus migratorius, niel, many young ones, Cettia fambainis, Sitta canadensis, Cyanotiea stellar, Dendroica cindentalis, Euphasus cyanocephals. Collected 2 Pams gambelli, 2 Sitta carolinensis (both 2's together), 2 Syphapins thyoidens (not together), 1 Junco oreganus, 1 Dendroica anchiboni, 1 Hylocichla guttata, 1 Myadestes townsendi, and just before we left, right at the first lake got 2 of a group of 3 Lorra, curvirostra. No Passerella here, common below. Also saw a Colaptes calas. Sept 18 Lmi N, 2 mi., E. Martinez's salt marsh, Contra Costa Co., Calif. Visited this area with Charles Thaler, who had traps set for Whiciths. The marsh abounded with Telmatoelytes Palustris and Melospiza melodi.