Davis 54 46 2 mi. W. of Elk Grove, at Sealevel, Humboldt Co., Calif. June 12, 1946 Several times in years past We were unable to see any of the birds. June 13, 1946 Picked up all my trap lines. Total catch was 1 Sorex pacificus and 1 Sorex howbridgi, both cought in sets near the creek. I took the traps to another creek about '1/2 mile west of where I had set on, and left them for setting later in the day. Returned to camp, and started out eastwards on the road to Prairie Creek. About '1/2 mile east of camp, in an area of tall red- woods with a dense salal and fern under- cover, I started a Pygmy Owl, which called from several stations in a circle about me, but never came too close. At about this time the overcast turned into an intermittent, squally, rain. I continued eastward another mile, and at the first sawmill the road forked, the north fork being the one we had come in on. I took the south fork. The weather was still overcast, but no rain was falling. The road led east through an area in which logging operations were taking place. About '1/2 mile from the take-off the signs of logging had disappeared, and the road went through some magnificent stands of