Strong 1924. Kipin's Valley, 23 mi. n. Hazeltin, B.C. 92, in rain to hoot. It was a pumping, gasping sort of motion, consisting of squatting down on leg then stretching up and raising head forward. Another owl was hooting off in the woods.) Fri. July 8. Started raining last night to our disgust and today is a steady grey mass of clouds with flurries of rain, and the brush feeling wet. Hunted in rain for my owl, got soaked to the waist. Spent some time watching a pair of Wood Peewees who had a nest about thirty feet up in a dead alder. They were feeding young and made a trip about every three minutes, both parents catching insects from nearly perches. Walked down the road and shot a new bird to me, it was feeding in the grass alongside the road and flew showing two white tail feathers. I secured it and found out from Mr. Swarth that it was a Chestnut Collared Longspur, a bird of the prairies, breeding commonly around the middle states. This is an unusual place for it to be in. Mr. Swarth put it up (H.S. Swarth No. 11943) Also secured a female Western Yellowthroat, heard several singing. Watched the Red Tail Hawk, screaming over the tall cottonwood, and lay for quite a while on the river bank. A big Bald Eagle flew very close over my head. Worked putting up specimens all afternoon. This morning a flock of