picked from the crevices of a rock on which I sat as I fished 

 out half a dozen trout that were — well, you must allow some- 

 thing for the altitude and the traditional fisherman? 



On the roadside near Lake Sabrina another new Arabis, 

 inamoena, Greene was found in abundance in the shade of 

 some Large boulders. 



Mine host of the mountains is ever anxious to enhance his 

 guests' enjoyment. To their inquiries, 'are there any rattle 

 snakes' the invariable rejoinder is, 'there are none or well 

 there are probably a few but I have seen none for many years 

 now.' Here there really are no rattlers only a few water snakes. 

 Why this should be so 1 cannot explain. We have met rattlers 

 in practically every mountain resort in southern California 

 from 11000 feet altitude downwards. 



Animal life is here abundant. Ground squirrels, chip- 

 munks and mice of various species are very common. The 

 ground hog is not rare, deer and mountain sheep not infrequent. 



Some forms of insect life are very abundant. Among the 

 bees the genus Osmia had the largest representation and the 

 Bombidae the smallest. A small beetle of the genus Dorytomus 

 was so abundant that at times only continuous vigilance pre- 

 vented one from making' a meal of them. In the evening these 

 beetles could be found streaming, like a colony of ants, up the 

 boles of the cottonwood trees to their evening roosts! Ticks 

 (Dermacentor occidentals) of the same species we have in the 

 vicinity of Los Angeles are very abundant in the sage brush, 

 and not a few were to be found in the clothing after each 

 excursion. They were slow to penetrate the skin, and unlike 

 our home species caused no pain when they attached 1 hem- 

 selves. The cattle seem to be comparatively free from them. 



Bird life was abundant. Nests of the western Robin and 

 white crowned sparrow were not uncommon. One of the latter 

 with six eggs I gathered for the museum. A few grouse were 

 seen with their young. A flock of Belding's blackbird chat- 

 tered around the camp. 



Of the plants collected the following are perhaps worthy 

 of mention: Erigeron eoncinnus aphanactis Gray, Erigeron 

 armeriaefolius Turcz, Erigeron salsuginosus Gray, Solidago 

 elongata Nutt, Crepis Andersonii Gray, Arnica nevadensis 

 Gray, Haplopappus apargioides Gray, Arnica Chamissonis Less, 

 llelenium iloopesii Gray, Aster Fremonti Gray, Aster adscen- 

 dens Lindl, Botrychium simplex Hitch. Pellea breweri Eat, Par- 

 nassia palustris L, Edwinia californiea Small, Allum validum 

 Nutt, Silene menziesii Hook. Tilimia tenella Nutt, Geum 

 strict urn Ait, Lragaria truncata Ryd, Acrolasia davidsonii 

 Abrams, Acrolasia veitchiana Kell, Castilleia montana Gong- 

 don, Salix mackenziana Barr, Salix californiea Bebb, Salix 

 scouleriana Barr. 



To -Messrs II. M. Hall, P. C. Standley, and Carleton Ball 

 I am indebted for identification of doubtful species. 



