A. Jewelry 1952 7 Journal Aug 12 11 1/2 mi NE, Chama, Chama, 10,000 ft., Rio Arriba Co, New Mexico shot at one with a .22 aux at about 20 feet. It flew away a few feet. and then flew to the ground and commenced feeding in the green. I shot it there. The other one was in a spruce a few feet up. When I took a bead on it, it flew down and I accommodated it in the green as well. These birds were adult Jt & ? Was the pair bond still present or was this just chance? On my way back to camp, I went down to the creek bed, and walked along there. At a spot about 300 yds from camp. there is a rocky slope, about 100 feet long and 50 feet wide. This is about the only area rocky I have seen here. Down there it is in the middle of a green meadow. Along the stream on the other side were numerous porcupine bankings, some of them fairly fresh. They were all in small spruce trees at less than 20 feet tall. Is the adult spruce bark distasteful to them? Parkys take rocky areas to den in and it is quite possible that he is still there. I suggested to Ward that we trap him, but, he was unenthusiastic. I set a line of Museum specials (42 qt's) in the spruce woods just south of here. At