R. J. Raitt 1956 36 Journal Thomas Creek, 7600 -7800 ft., Ruby Mts., Elko Co., Nev. June 19 which I attempted to but failed to collect. On the way back to camp I saw a yellow-bellied sapsucker in a cottonwood along Lamville Creek in the campground. In the evening I placed out 45 museum specials in the sagebrush - scattered with mohagany - wyethia area north of the road a few hundred yards upstream from the campground. While I was setting them out a hawk saw, shot at and missed a Hairy Woodpecker in some cottonwoods next to Lamville Creek. The weather was partly cloudy but warm most of the day but clouded over in the evening. June 20 Woke up to a soggy camp this morning with a light rain falling. Before breakfast a checked my trapline and found 9 young and 2 adult Peromyscus maniculatus, one Zapus princeps, and one Perognathus parvus. I reset them (with oatmeal again). The rain continued more or less steadily, mainly light but occasionally heavy or ceasing for short periods. I hunted only close to camp. During the morning I collected 2 Warbling Vireos, one House Wren, one Swainson Thrush. The vireos were in willows, the wren in Mt. Mohagany and the thrush in Amelanchier. A Hairy Woodpecker passed through camp along the stream; I saw a Tolmie Warbler in low shrubs near camp; and