412 - 1933 S. side Thompson Canyon, 3500', Walber Basin, Kern Co., Calif. Oct. 12, 1933. bite at my hands. I dropped him. He fell the 75 feet to the ground, squawk- ked once, and got off into the brush before I could find him - or get down. I lost him. This afternoon while we were shivering in the tent we heard a small, weak squeak. At first we thought it was a bird, but when it kept up for a steady hour we decided it wasn't. We finally traced it to the in- side of the tent. Then I found it. It was a "tiny weeny" baby neither clinging to the bottom of a collecting chest and squeaking to beat the band. Both Ray found another. We put them in formaline. While setting out traps tonight I shot what I took to be a brush rabbit, but which may only be a immature cottontail. I shot him in Basin creek in the brush. I set out three steel traps this aft- ernoon - though I believe I'll catch nothing. I didn't notice so many reptiles - lizards around today. Perhaps the colder wet weather makes them less active - even though the sun shone brightly all day. I saw more running around when the sky was overcast, and the air was warm and stuffy. Saw a red tail hawk today.