Strong .1921 Nine Mile Mt. 121. 275 ♀ Camachites franklinii, Aug. 11.1921. 276 ♀ Microtus (steel trap) "12" , 192-90-20-7 went up on the Mt. and secured another male Ptarmigan (Rock) very similar to my first bird but with the heavily feathered, white snowshoes of last winters plumage. The moults of these birds are unusual in that they are continues tim the year , the winter coat alow being absolutely complete. This bird was with a family and Mr. Swarth took some (2) pictures of the female. I went down the well slide to the creek, found much interesting sign at the bottom of the slide, all the rocks have dens under them, Porcupine, Marmot, and Wrechot chiefly, I imagine. The grass is much trampled as the deer had been feeding there lately. Under the alders and high Cuphie and veratum clumps there are well worn runways, some six inches wide and running under cover from hole to hole, some holes the size of Ground Squirrel burrows, the others smaller. Some of the well looked slightly like Appalachian (Mt.Beaver), but my two steel traps which I set in the runways canught one young Wrechot and one large Microtus. Saw several Marmots as usual, but at too great a range for the shotgun. Their heavy white