Hooper, 1938 Jmi W Oakley, 50 ft. Contra Costa County, Calif. June 21, In Curry Canyon noted: Black Phoebe, Black-headed Grosbeak, Plain Titmouse, Green- casted Goldfinch, Sharp-skinned Hawk, Turkey Vulture, Western Bluebird, Bush-tit, Calif. Quail, linnets, Barwick Wren, Steller Jay, Calif. jay. Sandy areas on the Marsh Creek Road on Canada de los Poblanos and in Brion's Valley support ground squirrels - probably nothing else, as regards native mammal life. Oakley is quite sandy. The sand extends hillward at least 2 1/2 miles, then stops abruptly to adobe soil about 3 1/2 mi. SW of Oakley along foothills. All this area is under cultivation except, apparently, this small (4 acres) plot. Perhaps the vegetation here will give one [illegible] an idea of the nature of the area before being cleared. Open oak woodland giving way to thickets of densostruma with occasional Artemisia. Dry wild oats matting ground under all. Soil almost driftable - is driftable when not vegetation covered. Pocket gopher diggings abundant. Cought nothing in traps last nite.