Eutamiás minimis. From here we crossed long stretches of extremely flat Artemisia covered closest country then dropped down into the Snake River Valley in the vicinity of Grand View. As we crossed the river we saw American Goldeneye (2), a King fisher and several Barn Swallows below. We traveled onward to Oroma arriving there at about 8:30 P.M. We joined the ternal bull session going on upon the porch of the General Store and learned that the storekeeper had a ranch on Castle Creek 2 miles back the road we came, and would be glad to let us camp there. We pulled off to the side of the road across from the store, however, dropped our bags and turned in for the night. May 22, 1935: Castle Creek 8 mi. S. Oroma—May 22 We left our camp on Bart Creek in Oroma early this morning for Castle Creek. In a dry wash just before reaching Castle Creek I saw an Antelope Ground Squirrel disappear in a hole in the steep walls of the wash. We turned southwest after crossing the creek and continued up this road to the Triangle Dot ranch situated in the Castle Creek canyon. The ranch was being run by 3 boys, two of which were sons of the owner. They advised us to set up our camp near the house in the shade of the numerous poplars. English Sparrows were present as might be expected in the tall poplars. Orioles were singing, and the call of the Ring Necked