5 mi. S.E. Murphy Owyhee Co. Idaho. May 27, 1935 which seemed to be freshly killed, and killed outright by the little government mouse trap. Skinned 4 Citellus leuroidon this morning, and in the afternoon, took the car a few miles southward to Simler Creek, where we dropped Aldrich to set out gopher traps in the alfalfa fields there, while we traveled on about a mile farther to hunt Citellus leuroidon at the location found a few days ago, when we were passing by, on the way to Murphy. We spotted a large squirrel standing on a mound near the road just before reaching the location we had in mind, so we stopped here at the base of the north side of the hill, separated, and hiked southward toward the leuroidon colony. I took the area on the west side of the road, and as I approached a shallow draw found a large Badger already at work hunting squirrels here. It was the first one I had ever seen and I was very much impressed with its large size and graceful movements. I ran back to the car, secured the rifle and returned only to find the animal gone. I investigated the spot where he was working, and found two holes about 10 feet apart both dug out about 1 foot deep. He had been running back and forth between seen here. Citrus were scarce and exceedingly wary. At Payette we heard that Citellus dahoonensis was common in the open fields south of town so