5 mi. S.E. Murphy Oswego Co. Idaho May 26, 1935 The method of hunting was necessarily slow for not often were we able to walk up to the victim close enough to get a shot. The most effective method I found was to wait until I heard a call or saw a squirrel disappear down a hole, sit down at the most effective shotgun range (about 35 feet) and wait for the squirrel to come out and stand at the entrance. Recovery time was found to be about 20 minutes. This evening set out 30 traps in Artemesia which was found to be rather scattered in this particular situation, so traps were set at irregular intervals in hopes of catching Peromyscus. While setting traps a Prairie falcon flying about 50 feet high passed over my head. An easy shot but who wants to shoot down a bird like that? May 27, 1935 Picked up the traps set for Peromyscus this morning and total catch was: one shade footed toad, caught at the entrance to a tiny hole on a ditch bank, a Perognathus in dense clump of Artemesia, and much to my surprise a medium-sized Citellus triviridion seen here. Citellus were scarce and exceedingly easy. At Payette we heard that Citellus daliiensis was common in the open fields south of town so