Journal R.E. Johnson 1968 March 19 Berkeley, California to southern Lassen Co. (cont.) Jim Lynch had told me that John Ralph of the Point Reyes Bird Observatory had seen rosy finches in winter in NE Califo. I called him and he indicated that he had been to the mine shaft in so. Lassen Co. that Miller & Twining had published on (Condor, 45: 78; 1943) in January about 2 yrs ago and there had been very few birds at the shaft. The Cascade race (littoralis) had been seen. He suggested I call Rich Stallcup who had been to the shaft many times. I called Stallcup this morning before leaving on the been trip. He said he had to the mine twice this winter (2 wks ago & in early Dec.) and had seen no rosy finchee. The previous winter (1966-67) he had seen only one bird, a littoralis. He also mentioned seeing a flock of 500 in Surprise Valley, NE of Alturas in approx. 1964. He also mention a fellow named McLean of San Jose who had collected an atrata near Westgard Pass [White Mt] After the phone call I dropped by school to pick up mail & the new mist nets had arrived, so I took them along. Finally left town at 11:30 AM & arrrived in Reno at 3:50 PM. Drove north on US395 to a point a couple miles south of Hallelujah Jct. where a dirt road turns east through a fence with a large No trespassing sign on it. This road is south of the one I used last week and it joins it in an open juniper stand. The road was drier than the other road & thus I could drive all the way to the mine. I forgot to notice the time