122 Journal R.E.Johnson 1968 Nov. 20 Berkeley, California to Murphy Spring, Mono Co., Calif. Marvin Vicker drove up from Palo Alto this morning. We loaded his Jaguar with equipment & left Berkeley at 9:50AM via Inter- state 80 over Donner Pass to Reno & then US 395 through Bridgeport to the Bodie Tunnel. Murphy Spring is about 3 miles short of Bodie along this road. There was very little snow (trace) near Donner Pass. We stopped at the Nevada Historical Society in Carson City to see if they knew where "Washoe Spur" was located. This was a term used by Ridgway in 1875 to describe the location where a rosy finch was taken by a Mr. Gruber. They hadn't heard the term Washoe Spur before, but they did locate an old map with the Washoe Mtns on it. These are a southern extension of the Carson Range. We were introduced to Fred Funk, the Biological Preparator of the Nevada State Museum (Carson City, Nevada 89701) and he showed us the museum's study collection. They have two specimens of littoralis: (1) NSM 351 March 3, 1964 no sex Eagle Valley, Ormsby Co., Nevada coll. by P.J. Herlan prep. by F.H. Holley (2) NSM 647 Dec. 4, 1964 ♂? about 4 mi. W. of Wellington in Douglas Co., Nevada on New Hy. 3. Birds feeding alongside road in flock of 75-100. Cold stormy weather in Sierra Nevada canyon area, sagebrush. coll. B.O. Smith