Hearn, H. August 1 1992 August 10 (continued) ~30-40 m E. of release site, in the next small ravine E. Processed snakes all afternoon, then met Alden and Karen Hays at ~1800h to photograph 2 Crotalus atrox she had found in combat. Her slides and story are that the heavy ♂ consistently toppled the other. Had dinner w/ them. Alden says the San Bernardino Valley has never been as heavily grazed as the San Simon because there is no running water. We processed a Crotalus molossus ♂ from Paradise found yesterday at ~1800h (7 segments, incomplete, slightly tapered, 892 + 66 mm, 520g) and a Masticophis lateralis whose regurgitated mouse I preserved. August 11 David has a cold so we skip C. molossus ♂ #14 up on the ridge. At 0809h I walked right by the young ♂ C. molossus #11 crawling in dense brush below a limestone ridge - he didn't rattle, looks a little skinnier. At 0841h I spotted C. molossus ♀ #15 in a tight resting coil in shade ~1m S. of the road and ~10m E. of yesterday. At 0855h we found C. molossus ♂ #3 ~500m NE of yesterday under the shady W. side of a century plant, counting a few 8 segments, incomplete. When I first saw then their tails were crossed on the ground, postiors entwined and anteriors out of sight under the agar. They jerked tails apart as I moved, but he soon resumed forward jerks and tongue-flicks while