Strong, 1921, Kootenay Valley, 139. Jued. Aug. 30. - Rain. My traps (4) down in the meadow had one young Muskrat and one gnawed off leg in them. The marsh grasses is about two feet high and there are patches of willow brush all along the marshy creek. The rats have well marked runways and canals running over toward the oat field and it is in these, usually under several inches of water, I set my traps. I'm afraid I'll have to catch most of these springsters before I get any adults. Coming back I shot a finicky tinch, and was squealling when a weasel answered me and came right up to me in the brush, darting in and out of the brush pile, standing up straight like a squirrel. I shot him with the aux, which tore quite a hole but did not totally run him. Shot an adult male flicker, typical auditing, with no apparent tan sinister in his pedigree. There were many chickadees, Hammond Flycatcher, Song Sparrow and finicky finches in the willows. This morning we shot two young Western Tamaraws near the cabin. Put up speckners all afternoon. Saw a rabbit, two teal, and a few Sandpipers while watching the river for mythical bear this evening. Saw one Night Hawk over the river. Wedo. Aug. 31. - Had a little sun today. Caught two young Muskrats in my traps. A Goose-hawk tried to land the chicken yard while I was watching but flew into the chicken wire, sat disquietedly on a post nearly