W.B. Davis 1935 2 mi. E Hagerman, Gooding Co., Idaho. May 18. Next to the Cinnamon Teal the Mallard is next in abundance. Coots are here by the hundreds, and despite persecution by the hunters they are holding their own. In the afternoon I drove to the Roy Vader ranch just across the bridge on the south side of the river prospecting for Thomomys. Mr. Vader said he had plenty of them along the ditch bank in his alfalfa field and he was kind enough to go with me and show me where they were. He showed me places where they had undermined his ditches) and caused breaks in the water system. There was very little evidence of their presence in the alfalfa field proper. This is perhaps due to the frequent irrigations. Most of them were along the ditch bank. I made 13 sets within a distance of perhaps 1/4 mile. The burrows were small for the most part and the soil was sandy loam and of a light color; very easily penetrated by the burrowing rodents. Mr. Vader told me I could find