486 Rupert, Minidoka Co., Idaho. Dec. 26. but that he seldom traps them). The two he had caught were dead in the traps or otherwise he would have released them). The two cat skins, nos. 1625-1626 are mother and kitten, according to Mr. Emerg. He reports that cats are common along the "rim rocks" — basaltic outcroppings in the mountains thereabouts. On the way from Oakley to Elba I picked up a Horned Owl that had been shot two weeks previously and thrown along the side of the road. It was frozen and still in good condition. Along side the owl was an American Roughleg, pretty well damaged, that had been killed by the same rancher. The stomach of the owl contained Mags. I had some difficulty in crossing the summit between Oakley and Elba. There was considerable snow and mud on the west slope, and deep snow on the east side. Stopped at Elba for a few minutes and visited my uncle, Melvin Wickel. Drove thence to Albion and stopped at the ranch of Andrew Peterson,