Elkado 1956. Journal April 26 species in Salton Sea. This area SE of sea is widely supplied with irrigation ditches carrying water from Colorado river drainage, so it is easy to see how the turtles could find their way into the Salton Sea itself. I D.O.R. record Carolina strix about 1 mi. S mud flats (2 6 mi. SW of Niland) dead and rattles cut off. Total length ~ 3 feet. Salton Sea National Wildlife Refuge and adjacent agricultural lands wonderful place for bird obser- vations. We observed Avocets, dowitchers, curts, sandpipers, snowy egrets (3), hering (?) gull, woodpecker? mourning doves, shrikes, etc. Arrived Niland 5:10 P.M. Cool, continued heavy dust storm to west. We drove shortly NW on State 111 to Palm Springs. Light rain as we approached Palm Spring 6:30 8.M. Heavy storm clouds over San Gorgito Mts. Continued north after supper Smoketree River. To Twentynine Palms. Sky clear but stiff cold wind. April 27 Cool clear sunny morning. Drove westward to Indean Cave in Joshua Tree National Monument. Kolodziej # 11 ground "woodpecker" freng w. #12 of Bobcat Rock beside blooming creosote bush parking area Indian Cave. # 12 of Hyge avenue inhabited Indian Cave (F7 at 1/25 th) looking up granite chimney. Water in granite pot-hole. Stevens paint work placed here a year ago when Hyge washed live eroded off. No marked canyon