Howell, T.R. 1949 Journal Crowder Flat, ft., 38 mi. N.W. of Alturas, Modoc Co., Calif. May 31 (cont'd.) addition to the Robins, the Flickers, Chickadees and Brewer Blackbirds are calling, the Flycatchers also, and chipping Sparrows singing. The saps, + white-heads are also active - see sp. account. 9:30 A.M. Still overcast, rainy. I met Mr. Archer of the Willow Creek Ranch on the road going out to cut wood. He remembers when W.P. Taylor and Ned Bryant ran their transect of the Warner Mts. back in 1910. He gave me a ride down toward Willow Creek. I walked along the creeks towards nests #2 and 7. Here I saw my first Fox Sparrow in a clump of very small aspens and pines - not a note from him. I also saw a Black-billed Magpie out over the meadow. 10:45 - At nest #7, 3 Great Blue Herons flew over, croaking and squawking a going from one high top of yellow pine to another, 2 more Magpies came by calling. There was a great deal of rain the rest of the afternoon, even a flurry of hail, and I felt so feverish and shivery that I could do nothing the rest of the day but huddle in the sacks.