Jolson 1938 me 12 (cont.) 11 mi. W, 1 mi. S Mitchell, 7850 ft., Wheeler Co., Ore. and white fir. There were many dead trees forming a considerable amount of the ground cover. Under the trees the ground cover was pine needles and and dead limbs. In a few small places trees were lacking and the ground cover was grass, some Composites, a legume - covering the ground entirely. In these areas there was no shade, but in the dense forest cover, shaded and dark areas were numerous. The low brush was young yellow pines, lodgepole pines, and white firs. Following the scolding of a Ruby-crowned Kinglet, a Pygmy Owl was seen and collected - the night before (June 11) it had been by A. H. M., shot, and wounded as evidenced by dried blood on some of the breast feathers. Found nearby some small pellets which contained numerous remains of a small mouse and the remains of an insect. It was probably