Quest 1948 Sylvilagus bachmani April 25 12 1/2 o'clock by road south of El Markol 2200 ft. Baja Cal. Four seen last evening while setting out traps, all probably being adults. Two were seen this morning about 7 A.M., well after sunrise. The female and its offspring were feeding and sitting near and in the shade of a large granite boulder within 10 feet of sage brush. The rabbits were watched for about five minutes from a distance of 30 feet and did not detect me although I was in full view and fully lighted by the morning sun. The adult would sit and then wander in the shade of the boulder, digging in the sand beneath the sage brush while the young rabbit would frolic in and out of the bushes and play in the sunlight. The young rabbit would dash up to the adult and then turn and dart into the brush, re- turning in an instant to the sunlight where it would stop motionless. It would then either sniff at the sand or repeat its play. The adult meanwhile continued digging and watching motionless. I left and returned in about fifteen minutes and shot the young and I believe the same adult. Neither were kept as specimens, the young being too small an