1913 W. Gruinell Guerneville, Sonoma Co. Calif. June 10 We are located at Monte Rosa (formerly known as Summerland), a small resort about one and one- half miles west of Guerneville, which is our postoffice. The country here is Transition, with a strong infusion of Sonoran elements. The hillsides are thickly covered with a mixed growth of young redwoods, Douglas spruce, Madrones, manzanita, and hazel- brush, with an occasional clump of huckleberry or poison oak. The meadows are dotted over with huge blackened redwood stumps, many of them partly overgrown with poison oak or wild blackberries. The creek is lined with willows, cottonwoods and alders, azaleas along its borders are in full bloom now. Of birds, I have seen California and coast jays, song sparrows, brown towhees, thrushes, chickadees, Allen hummingbirds, Vaux swifts, valley quail and a belted kingfisher. The latter patrols the creek each