Howell, T.R. 1948 8 mi. N. and 13 mi. W. of Canby, 4700 ft. Modoc Co. Calif. May 22 - (cont'd.) Doves and Robins. In the "Sapsucker Grove" there were lots of chipmunks and quite a few golden-mantled Ground Squirrels. The chipmunks seemed to be paired off but not the squirrels, I saw what I am reasonably sure was a Chickaree, at a good distance. One Rabbit (Sylvilagus nuttallii), a F, hopped out from among the manzanita and I shot it. I saw only one deer today, in a grove of small pines. May 23. Same locality: weather clear, warm. I went straight to the "Sapsucker Grove", noting Juncos singing and a Western Tanager along the way. A Green-tailed Towhee was also in song, and it reminded me slightly of the song of the eastern Red- eyed Towhee. It goes "chewink-SEE, chep-chep-chep." There were two Red-breasted Sapsuckers in the grove (see species account), and the usual Flickers, Bluebirds, Purple Finches, Empidonax Pygmy Nuthatches, Chipping and Fox Sparrows, Black-throated Gray Warblers, and several Western Tanagers, Hairy and white-headed Woodpeckers. I saw a large Accipiterine hawk, presumably a Goshawk, fly by in the distance carrying some sort of prey. At 8:30 A.M. I walked west for