142-1933 46 S. side Thompson Canyon, 3900', Walker Basin, Kern co., Calif. Oct. 11, 1933. 179 Peromyscus m. Sonoriensis. ♂ wt: 17 140-65-26-17 180 Thomomys b. ♂ wt: 98 200-70-27-8 181 Thomomys b. ♀ wt: 33 210-70-25-7 Oct. 12, 1933. Today dawned bright and clear, and cold. A heavy dew during the night didn't keep the nocturnal rodents from moving about, because we got quite a few specimens in our traps. From my pack rat sets along Basin Creek I got two rats - an adult male and female. The latter had a big warble in her left shoulder. From my mouse traps in the sage I got two dipos, one peromyscus, and one neither rodentmys. I got a very large gopher in a trap 20 feet from the tent. I got another gopher out of an open field. The gophers are molting now - red to dark? I hunted up the gopher grey squirrel this morning that I saw yesterday. I found him; shot him three times, and finally being unable to knock him off the limb over which he was draped, I climbed up after him. I got him in my hands and started down with him, when he took a