J.B. Davis 1935. 2 mi. E. Hagerman, Gooding Co., Idaho, May 70, 376 his irrigation. The burrow under the small ditches and cause much loss of water. This mouse he gave to me. He also showed me where he had caught and left entire the bodies of two Spilogales on this (the north) side of the river about 100 feet up stream from the highway bridge. He caught them last winter in traps set in water at what he took to be the entrance to a Muskrat burrow system. Thus, the only way the "Civet Cats" could have been caught was for them to enter the water. He had set two traps side by side and caught the two Spilogales. The two skulls were in good condition and I collected them. He reported that these beasts were very common here last winter, but that the price was so low on their furs that they were never saved. He told me of finding a skunk den on the bank of a sandy-clay wash a short distance above his house. He kindly set two traps at the mouth of the burrow for me. His method of ridding the animal of its scent after being trapped is to