R.E. Johnson 1967 Journal 102 July 27 Slate Peak, Whatcom and Okanogan Cos., Washington (cont.) brood patch on one is beginning to be feathered (the other lacked the patch). The adults have small testes. The young bird already has an ossified skull and plainly visible ovary. It was begging & being fed by one of the adults. A Golden-crowned Sparrow was collected from the top of a small fir tree in a dense clump of same. A Rosy Finch was collected while feeding on the no. facing slope. Later an adult & one young were collected near a large snow patch on the east slope below the L.O. A ♀ Rosy Finch was heard chirping again. Flowers include: Globeflower, Spring Beauty, Paint Brush, Buttercups., Spotted Saxifrage, Fireweed, Skunkweed, Bush Cinquefoil, Western Pasque flower, Carpet Pink, Dryas and Pentstemon virous & P. ellipticus. Visited the lookout tower and met the L.O. (Jim Whipple) who is a geology major at Bellingham (Western Wash. State College). Also collected some gastropod & clam fossils from the road banks between the parking area & lookout. Jim says Ammonites have also been found. July 28 Slate Peak, Whatcom and Okanogan Cos., Washington Returned to the same location again (the head end of the middle fork of Pasayten River) which is open meadow with a few fir & patches of Larch trees. The meadows turns up slope & becomes dry sedge, then rock slides before reaching the mtn. top. Large snow patches remains. Most birds seem to have fledged young by now. This is true of Robins, Horned Larks, Rosy Finches, Hermit Thrushes,