ing 1935 Bellevue, Blaine Co. Idaho. Dec 26, 1935. pells in Salt Lake City. The problem could not be solved by requiring trappers who are working on public land to turn in a stipulated number of coyote pelts, for coyotes varied in number in different areas, and the skill of each trapper in ability to trap coyotes also varied greatly. He referred to an excellent trapper, experienced, and successful in obtaining all other forms of skins, who could not catch any of the numerous coyotes which infested the area in which he was trapping. The general scarcity of birds was attributed to some extent to the poisoning of them by government men poisoning coyotes in this district. Dec. 27, 1935 A storm came up during the night last night, and this morning it was snowing with more than an inch of snow on the ground. About 9:00 I watched a flock of more than 500 Waxwings fly south down the valley about 100 feet high and in a long line with a front more than a hundred yards long. Four other flocks followed each with about 50 individuals. During the day I saw several flocks flying in different directions, but the general direction