Hudson 1949 detona visens -1- Aug 29 Willow Creeks 400 ft. Humboldt B., Calif. 1 bird collected from a Blackberry (Rubus recursans) tangle around a clump of marrow-leaved willows (Salix hindsiana). It was seen eating ripe blackberries a short time before it was taken. At least 1 more bird was heard in adjacent blackberry tangles. Aug 31 same locality - Both today and yesterday I found quite a number of chats in the Blackberry tangles along the little stream running from the highway to the Trinity River. There must be at least one bird in every 200 square feet of this habitat, amounting to a total population for this area of 20 to 30 birds. They seem to be busily feeding on the ripe berries in these tangles.