S.O. Landry 1952 Journal. May 15, Arletta, 5 m. S.W. Gig Harbor, Pierce Co., Washington. Arrived here last night with my wife, her brother, mother, and father. This is the property of Raymond Bacon, on Puget Sound. Wooded, coniferous and deciduous trees. A fir (?? species?) seems to be the dominant tree. The weather was a bit rainy this morning but it has cleared up and now the top of Mount Rainier is plainly visible across the sound. I have set 10 muslin specials out in the woods all day, hoping to get some chipmunks, but without any luck. Mr. & Mrs. Bacon tell me that there used to be chipmunks on the place but that they are no longer very common. This would indicate that perhaps, a different successional stage, is now present in the woods. There are cleared fields and orchards here, about three deep in grain, so that the prognosis for Micratus is good. I will move and re-set the traps tonight. I picked up 3 dead Allen's Hummingbirds in between the panes of a window in the "Apple House", an old shed where apples are stored. What on earth would make these Hummers attempt to get in there, I can't imagine, but I will keep them all as skeletons, since they are a bit far gone for skins. They seem reasonably