Davis. 1940. Aug. 14. 2 1/2 mi. s.e. Thwood, 10', Pacific Co., Wash. of it is under cultivation (peas), but there are several large tide sloughs bordered with Carex Xerophyllum. Set traps along a boggy area; in underground bur- rows under a thick mat of dead Carex. Soil very damp clay near the bog, but dry and very hard higher up on the bank. Abundant muskrat sign along the sloughs and bog. Chaffin caught one, evidently sick, by stepping on it. Saw about 50 crows, but they were very wary. Stayed well out in the fields, & flew when the car stopped. Chaffin shot 1 on the wing - an immature with fall plumage to coming in. Pinfeathers in the middle of the dorsal frost, and fluffy immature plumage posterior. Corners of mouth very soft. Also noted: - Tule Wren, Red- winged Blackbird, Tree & Barn Swallows, Cooper & Marsh Hawks, Western Meadowlark, Willow Goldfinch, White- crowned Sparrow, Blue Heron. Birds seen about camp Bougarde, Western, Glaucous-winged, & Ring-billed Gulls, double-crested Cormorant, Barn Swallow, Kingfisher, Least Sandpiper, Bald Eagle, Blue Heron, Red-shafted Hickory, Bardtailed Grackle, Hairy Woodpecker, Winter Wren, Yellow Warbler, Song Sparrow, Black-capped Chick- adee, Spotted Towhee, Robin, Rusty-backed Thrush, Western Flycatcher, Crow, Brewer's Blackbird. Aug. 15. Vantrap lines a.m. Campline produced 2 youngsters- muskrat, 2 Microtus, 1 Zapus. Clinona Farmline pro- duced 3 Microtus, 2 Zapus. About 6 toads were spring,