John Davis 1941. June 26: Tmi's Daytona Beach, Volusia Co., Florida. later collected a solitary bird from the top of a tall Tmuis fallustris. Same old story - 4 out of 7 birds immatures. June 27. Spent the day around the house. No col- lecting. June 28. Out to Pine flats again. Immature red-crested woodpecker and cardinal; adult red-bellied woodpecker, Summer tanager, and white-eyed towhee. Skinned p.m. Met a caretaker of some houses in the pine flats. He told us that we could use one of his row- boats and explore the river (Spruce Creek?) behind his house. June 29. Woke up early to find that we had been robbed of my field glasses and altimeter, and all the shotguns (2-16 ga. 1-, 4-10ga.). River trip was, of course, off. Notified police who liberally sprinkled the truck with alumi- nium dust looking for fingerprints, with very negligible results. However, the equipment was insured, so we made arrangements for the purchase of guns the following day. Spent the rest of the day feeling alternately disappointed over losing collecting time, + elated at the pros- pects of buying new guns. June 20. Investigated the gun situation in Daytona Beach, but found nothing satisfactory. So-