5 mi. S.E. Murphy Owyhee Co. Idaho May 28, 1935 had camped recently, crossed the ridge, finally, and dropped to the settlement of Reynolds Creek. Here we set out gopher traps and hunted Oregon Ground Squirrels. Squirrels were numerous and comparatively tame so it was not difficult to secure a number of specimens. Gophers were scarce and only 2 were secured, both were Thomony's quadratus. While interviewing the farmer I learned that a few leucodon existed on the Atriplex covered slopes west of the farm. He said that Citellus leucodon existed in great numbers a few years ago over the entire area around Murphy and Reynolds Creek. He described the animal as living in open salt bush country, digging shallow burrows in white soil and throwing up the earth in low mounds. His description of the animal itself fitted perfectly. I investigated the hillside where he maintained they still existed and found occasional burrows, all typically of Citellus leucodon but were showing signs of recent occupation. The farmer also told me that were present in the country but not in great numbers due to trapping by government seen here. Citellus were scarce and exceedingly rare. At Payette we heard that Citellus valdensis was common in the open fields south of town so