Hardrickson 1950 Journal Aug. 24 Lower Covington Flat, 5000 ft., Riverside Co., Calif. I walked on down the canyon to a point where it was definitely beginning to widen out into a wash on the lower slope of the mountain. At this point I encountered car tracks in the sandy bottom of the wash, the vehicle having entered from below. A short distance from or down from the point where I first encountered the car tracks, the canyon turns from a N.N.E. direction to an E.N.E. one. At this point I started back. Considerable Catclaw occurs in this lower part of the canyon. Near the end of the car tracks I found a strip of white cloth tied to a catclaw branch, like a trap flag. I could not locate a trap or any other deposited object near it. At 8:45 returned to Lower water hole (dam), and took a Calif. Jay from a group which had been bathing in the water. The water was piled; and the bird I shot was quite wet on breast and wings. There is considerable growth of mosquito in this vicinity. Returned to camp, then went out to check steel traps set