ining 1935 2 mi. S. Payette between Payette and Snake rivers. Payette Co Idaho. June 1, 1935 Out of 55 traps set along the border of the marsh I caught only 2 Neithodontus Both were put up by Davis. This marsh seems to be the best yet for variety of bird life This morning I observed a pair of Eastern Kingbirds which appear to be nesting somewhere nearby. Shifted Sandpipers, Black Terns, Yellow-Headed Blackbird, are occasionally seen. Tule Wrens and Yellowthroats are heard singing amongst the tules Brewer and Red-winged Black birds are numerous and are both nesting on the banks of the marsh Five swallows Cliff, Barn Bank Rough Winged and Violet Green were all seen during the day. Bank Swallow is probably the most abundant. I shot 8 Citellus idahoensis this morning and spent the rest of the day skinning. The animals are very numerous in the open fields near the Payette River seeming to prefer open short grass to Artemesia, some of which is present nearby. All of the larger squirrels are very fat necessitating extensive fleshing and defatting before the skins may be put up. In the evening Snipe were heard making their diving call a Buttern was seen flying down the slough and a Great Blue Heron was seen fish- ing after dark. Oldrich spent the day in the mountains north of here, and brought from a small Marmot and a Citellus columbianus. June 2, 1935. Put up 4 more Citellus idahoensis this morning and in the afternoon Aldrich and I hiked down the side of the slough to the river and up the edge