Howell, T.R. 1949 Crowder Flat, ft., 38 mi. NNW of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. May 24 (cont'd.) Much of it is in bloom now, with bright blue flowers when fresh, fading to pinkish blue and almost white. The meadows are full of buttercups (Ranunculus). Farther away from the streams are Juniper + sage flats, very rocky. About 3:00 P.M. - In the aspens near nests #1 and 6, I noted Pygmy Nuthatches, House Wrens, and Violet-Green Swallows all with nests, or a least going into nesting holes in the aspens. At the edge of the meadow, where there are large rock piles (sloping abruptly up to the pines and junipers) with grassy spots in between, I noticed a Blue- tailed Skink (Eumeces) scurry off a rock where it had been sunning. There are lots of very blackish Sceloporus around, and several garter snakes. 7:15 P.M. Noticed about 3 bats flying over the meadow. 7:45 I passed a porcupine in the middle of the meadow on his way across. I poked him with a stick, which he stopped with his tail several times the he went back to the woods at a rapid shuffle.