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'Waucoba Wews Sponsored by The Bishop Museum & His tor ica l Society, Bishop, CA 93514 Volume VI Founded and Edited by Enid A. Larson, Box 265, Big Pine, CA 93513 WINTER - 1982

cr ip t ion : Four 9" long stamped self-addressed envelopes 4 i s sues p e r y e a ror a membership ($5.00) in Bishop Museum

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Waucoba: A Paiute word fo r "pine t r ee" ; also highest peak in Inyo Mts. , 11,127

This issue begins the 6th year of WAUCOBA NEWS with 750 copies in c i rcu la t ion . As founder andI wish : to e-xpr.esa my thanks to .tho.s.e who have provided e i ther the edi tor with stamped,

self-addressed envelopes fo r di rec t mailing or who receive i t by way of membership ($5.00) in theBishop His tor ica l Society. My sincere grat i tude to those who have generously contr ibuted itemsand unsol ici ted funds fo r the pr in t ing of photos.

UNUSUAL BIRD SIGHTINGS BUTTERFLIES OF CALIFORNIA

On Jan. 4, 1982, Conrad Johnson, Big P i n ~ Along with two other authors , I am current lygave me a hurry-up telephone ca l l . I responded engaged in wri t ing The But te r f l i es ofeven though snow was beginning to f a l l . Eleven California . This wil l be the f i r s t such workLESSER SANDHILL CRANES were in an agr icu l tura l since 1927, when John A. Comstock publishedf ie ld along Stewart Lane (3 mi . south of town). But te r f l i es of California , the only book soIn 2 groups: on e of 5 and the other of 6, these fa r to systematical ly t r e a t th e but te r f lybi rds were moving across the f ie ld about 600- fauna of the most ecological ly complex s t a t e800 fee t from roadside where we were in a car. in the union. Our book wi l l descr ibe in de t a i lGradually, they increased distance. Because of the dis t r ibu t ion , geographic var ia t ion , andweather, i t was impossible in following days biology of each species , as well as i l l u s t r a t eto determine the length of stay. in color every species and subspecies found

within the s t a t e . Life his tor ies of nearlyOn Feb. 5, 1982, Mrs\. E. Pollor ino. birderP i t d th f 11 . a l l species wil l be described and i l l u s t r a t e d .

of B19 ne, repor e e 0 oWlng:"About 7:30 a.m. a darkish brown bird appro- Much of ou r f ie ld research over the pas tseveral years ha s concentrated on poorly knownximately 8 inches long (overal l ) with underparts

' t b i l l areas of California . par t icu la r ly Inyo County,buff co 10 r an d a bl ac k pa t c h un der ~ s .cI t - -Wos - v e r y - s h y - a : n d - c : a n r e - , a r ' l l : 1 : o : n t T 1 . e ~ t t : ! o , . . . . . . t t 4 r ~ I e ' e - - f ' f ' i e ~ .i!!!idtttl'tl"rlgs:r----"';;.;.....,""'"-.'litbeW a . i i P U 8 f l & . . l H E O ~ u ~ n ! ! t ~ , ~ i . ! ] n ~ 8 ! . J " ' i r . . . . J ! p m s d L . S!! i i l : " " I ! I 'M':""",;"'; -M@a!' 1I11i1 !ihIii;~i'Iti,!i\!!!.j!l!tli

western corner of the s ta te . *area. I t did not scratch, but picked up seed." Dr. John EmmelThis answers the discr ip t ion of an

Ab{'rt ' s, TOWHEEShe also found her small notebook in which she THE ELEVENTH COMMANDMENTkept a record of some birds s ighted during the by W. C. Lowdermilk, USDAautumn of 1961. In i t .. I have noted seeing anAbert ' s Towhee. male, on Oct. 14 , 1961 near Thou sha l t i nhe r i t th e Holy Earth as aTinemaha, south of Big Pine." fa i thfu l steward, conserving i t s resources

and product ivi ty from generat ion to generaReported by the Mawby's a t Deep Springs t ion. Thou sha l t safeguard thy f ie lds fromCollege: s o i l erosion, thy l iv ing waters from dryingJune 1 , 1981 - an OVENBIRD up , th y fores t s from desolat ion, and proMay 28-30,1981 - SCARLET TANAGER t ec t th y h i l l s from overgrazing by th y herds,May 15 , 1981 - LARK BUNTING that thy descendants may have abundanceReported Feb. 1982 by Vince Yoder, Lone Pine: forever. I f any sha l l f a i l ~ t h i ssteward

ship of the land, th y f r u i t f ~f ie lds sha l lWHITE-THROATED SPARROW (Zonotr icha a l b i c o l l i s ) become s t e r i l e stony ground and wastingTOWNSEND SOLITARE (Myadestes townsendi) gul l ies , and thy descendants sha l l decrease Reported from Big Pine by Enid A. Larson: and l ive in poverty or perish from off the

face of the earth.An Owl ca l l tha t matches in Peterson 'sField Guide: LONG KARED OWL. (USDA Agricul tural Information Bul le t in No.

A dovelike, mellow ca l l repeated Hoo-Hoo-Hoo, 99 - Conquest of the Land Through 7.000a second bird gave i t s ca l l of Hoo, Who-Who, years)Hoo, Hoo. Courtesy of Wayne Chandler, U.S. Fores t ry,

Can anyone provide a more accurate identity? Inyo National Fores t , Bishop.This ca l l ha s been heard evenings and between * Derham Giuliani i s in the f i e ld in Spring5 - 6 a.m. in l a t e Jan, Feb. , 1982. time making many of th e co l lec t ions for t h i s

t r e a t i s e on the but ter f l ies in Inyo-Monoarea.

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BUCKWHEATS GALORE

I have been up and down Sherwin Grade on Highway 395 in Mono County a number of timesbu t only twice have I botanized along th e way: on August 7, 1938, and August 13 , 1981.Each time I traveled what i s now "old Sherwin Grade" and each time I was impressed withmany kinds of Eriogonum that grow along tha t route between 4800 f t . elevation j u s tbelow Paradise Camp and 7000 f t . elevat ion a t L i t t l e Round Valley j u s t beyond TomsPlace. In a l l , there are 16 species and var ie t ies ; - - I wonder i f tha t many kinds can befound anywhere else in as l imited an area in th e Owens Valley region. This i s the order

in which they occur as one goes up th e grade:

On arid f l a t s j u s t below Paradise Camp, 4800-5000 f t . : E. Bai legi var. divariaatum,braahganthum, i n f l a tum, maaulatum, nidularium.

On rocky f l a t s and slopes and on loose s o i l of road banks; north and south of oldSherwin Summit, 6000-6500 f t . : E. Bai leyi var. Bai l eg i , deflexum var. deflexum,Hermannii var. humil ius , Kearnegi var. monoense, nudum var. Westoni i , umbellatum vars .chlorothamnus and nevadense.

Between ol d Sherwin Summit and L i t t l e Round Valley, 6700-7000 f t . : E. elatum,esmeraldense, miarotheaum vars . ambiguum and lax i f lorum. E. Cernuum and E. spergulinumvar.Reddingianum can be expected to occur here to o bu t they were not detected on ei therdate. They have been collected on Rock Creek a t about 8500 f t .

- - J . T. Howell

SUPPLEMENTS

Supplementary sheets have been issued in 1977 (2); 1978 (1), and 1979 (3). In theseSupplements, th e Inyo-Mono Sierran GRASSES have been presented as writ ten by J . T. Howell,California Academy of Sciences; also plant species l i s t s from Eureka and Saline valleys anda few additional natural his tory notes as space allowed.

If you wish duplicate sheets in order to se t up a book of Inyo-Mono Sierran Grasses forease of reference , these sheets are available for dis t r ibu t ion at 10 cents per sheet .(ORDER from Box 265 Big Pine. 93513; stamps are acceptable)

I N D E XBirdsLeConte Thrasher 1,1.1977 Mono, the Beautiful

Botanical notes II,1,1978Cereals PinesBarley Limber (P. f l e x i l i s ) III ,1 ,1979Wheat 1,2,1977 Winglessness seeds of III ,2 ,1979Rye

PlantsGrasses in Inyo-Mono Sierra List--Eureka Valley II,1,1978Cereals 1,2,1977 List--Saline Valley II ,1 ,1978Miscellaneous II . l .1978 NotesNotes I I , 1.1979 Botanical 1,1,1977Tribes of Penstemon papi l la tus 1,2,1977 ,

Barley 1,2,1977

Blue I I I , l ,1979 Sedges I I , l ,1978Brome III ,2 .1979Canary III ,3 .1979Fescue III ,2 .3,1979Grama III ,3 ,1979Millet III ,3 ,1979 Roman Numeral = Volume NumberOat II,1,1978 Arabic Number = Supplemental NumberSorgum III,3,1979 in the year givenTimothy 1,1,1977

N O T I C E

Available for purchase:Taylor, D.W., 1981 . Endangerment Status of Lupinus DeDeakerae on the Inyo

National Forest , Ca. Contb. Mono Basin Res. Group No.4 . 80 p. plus i l l u s t r a t ions . $3.25 postpaid from Lee Vining, CA 93541

(Order Direct)

Larson, Enid A., 1981. Merriam's Chipmunk on Palo Escri to. PART 1 (wil l be issued in 3 parts) 124 p. plus i l l u s t r a t ions . $12.95

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