2 mi S. Payette between Payette and Snake rivers. Payette Co. Idaho. June 2, 1935 of the river to the bridge. The Payette is about 200 feet wide at this point and the banks are edged with patches of dense willows; Red Winged and Brewer Blackbirds nest in the vegetation bordering the stream. Bank Swallows were nesting in a small colony, in a colony of holes, on a vertical sandstone bank near the bridge. A Pacific Fright hawk rose from a point on the gravelly shore below us, and out of sight from our position. A nest was suspected but not found. Caspian and Black Terns were foraging over the water near the bridge and both Mallard and Common Teal were seen flying up the river. We met two men who were fishing for carp and asked them in the course of the conversation if they had seen any other kinds of squirrels in the district other than the Idaho squirrel. One of them said that he frequently saw another type similar to the Idaho but larger and with a similar but slightly different call. This species, he said was scarce but there were a few intermingled with idahoensis above the bridge, east of the railroad tracks. We immediately started in search but found none of this type (which was probably oreganus). While searching we found a nesting colony of Black Terns and discovered two nests in the shallow water bordering a tule-filled slough. We photographed the three buff eggs with dark brown spots, in one nest then Adria set up his camera and by pulling the shutter with a string obtained three pictures of the parent on the nest. I saw a Cowbird in the sage near the railroad