Hoffmeister 1941 Itinerary April 15 Lone Pine Inyo County, Calif. along Owens Lake to Lone Pine. The wild flowers were blooming in profusion across the Mojave Desert as well as in the Pamant region. The Amargosa River was full and overflow- ing on the road in many places between Shoshone and Death Valley Junction. April 16 Left Lone Pine at 5:15 a.m., drove north to Bishop, thence by way of Laws and Benton Station across Montgomery Pass (at the north end of the White Mts.) into Nevada. This pass has a good representation of pinyons and junipers, and looked like good country for Peromyscus truei. Drove along the Columbus Salt Marsh, turning north at west side of Walker Lake; Coldale Junction, continuing via Hawthorne, and Schurz to Fallon. Between Schurz & Fallon, I saw either a Perognathus or Dipodomys run across the highway and dart in its hole upon approach of the car. This was about noon-time. Incidentally, red-tailed hawks were abundant during this time in this region. At Fallon, turned west, and along highway toward Reno saw numerous Pinte ground squirrels out (Citellus mollis). It started snowing lightly 5 mi. west of Wadsworth, & continued this through Reno and well up the pass towards Truckee. At a spot along the highway by the Truckee River, 41/2 mi. E of Sparks, I picked up a Marmota run over on the road. Before the Donner Summit was reached, it began to snow hard & continued doing this for about 101/2 miles. Continued on to Berkeley via Auburn and Sacraments, arriving about 10 p.m.