Twining May 1935 2 mi. E. Hagerman Gooding Co. Idaho May 17, 1935 in the interview that ensued I learned that two friends of his had this year collected 150 Magpie eggs and young, and turned them in for the 1 cent bounty on each. Seemingly an efficient way of removing Magpie popula- tion from any community in spite of what the zoological economists might say. The young fellow also told me that they had discovered a "Chicken Hawk's nest" (evidently a Marsh Hawk) this year on the ground near the upper marsh. They had watched the eggs hatch and when the young were half grown, they began to fear for the safety of their poultry when there were 3 more hawks at large, so they eliminated them by the simple method of pouring gasoline on them and setting them afire. Bird life was abundant in the marsh. The most conspicuous bird was the Yellow Headed Blackbird which was nesting, Reed Winged and Brewer Black birds were also both abundant. Cinnamon Teal was the most common duck on the marsh marsh but Mallards, Scamp, Redhead, and Ruddy Ducks were also seen. Six or seven Black-necked Stilts were wading in the shallow water of an arm of the marsh and arose with a clatter of calls at my approach.. Marsh Hawks circling over the marsh were almost continually pursued and mobbed by black birds. Male Redwings seemed the most combative for as the hawk passed over the nesting place of each bird, it would rise and pursue for about a dundred feet, and then return to the