Hooper 1937 Bishop, Inyo Co., Calif. Jan. 6, from the store the warmth of ashes put out in our back yard); Horned Lark (flock of 7 seen feeding on composites); Black Phoebes (1 seen on telephone wire); Junco (flocks of +10 +15 feeding along roadway and streams); English Sparrow (flocks up to +20 seen about town); Spotted Towhee (1 seen in willows along stream); Meadow Lark (still seem to be in pairs, +8 seen, flew up from along edge of fields). The seed-eating birds certainly predomi- nate, both kinds and number of indivi- duals. At such crucial times as these, if not all insects must be destroyed; insecti- vorous birds must consequently decrease or migrate. Seed eating birds seem to have a better chance for survival. Yesterday, Jan. 5, I saw a Western Wood ? Peewee? out in locust and poplar trees in the back yard of our house. It perched at the branches as if hunting for food—the Bush Tits seemed to have been successful here a few days ago—flew up to the eaves of the house, but was never seen to peck (for food).