Strong. 1926. Kinspiny Valley, 23 mi. n. of Hazeltin D.C. 82. that hunts around here, he is a monster whichever he is. Mosquitoes and gnats are bad here, especially as the cabin is unscreened, and the door sticks like the devil, Mr Swarth shot one big Snowshoe Rabbit, and caught another in a steel-trap. This evening we chopped open a Thriller's nest back of the cabin and secured four baby Thrillers, two male and two female, apparently typical arratus. Two flew away and were apparently the same. 4 Young Flickers, 191. ♂ Olive-backed Thrush. Hylocichla ustulata June 26. 1921. 192. ♂ Red-breasted Sapsucker, S. ruber ruber. " " a 192. ♂ " " " " " b 192. ♂ " " " " " ?/193 ♂ Wright (?) Flycatcher, Empidonax wrighti. June 27 " 194. ♀ Song Sparrow, caught in mouse trap. Egg in air duct. " " " 195 ♂ Gambel's Sparrow, Z. S. Nuttali. " " " 196. ♂ Audubon Warbler (imm.) Vermivora auduboni. " " " 197. Toad. (490-44-143-78) 198 ♀ Snowshoe Rabbit (caught in steel trap). Lepus June. 28. " 199 ♂ " " (imm.) (303-42-62-50) " " Mon. June 27.—This morning as I was looking out the cabin window I saw a female Merganser swimming up the creek surrounded by about eleven young ones, the size of Walchicks, for all the world like an old monster conveying a fleet of submarines. The young birds were swimming back and forth thru the swift water.