Smoke Cr., 3900 ft., 9 mi. E. Calif. line, Washoe Co., Nev. Engler 1936 were set along the water, except two, were sprung but empty. Rat feces were noted around + on the traps. July 8. Yesterday afternoon, 3:00 P.M., W.L. Russell + I drove W along the stream bed 15.2 mi. to the Calif. border. Along the way we passed first through open sage, then into a rock walled pass in which occasional pools of water were seen, bordered by Willows + Cottonwood shot five a few cottonwoods. The rocky cliffs had many cracks + crevices in them; loose rock was noted at the Prairie Falcon nest were numerous. base. W of this pass the steep slopes / ? Many antelope uprooted due were seen to the left with fresh rock slides over the faces. To the right of the road the hills seemed lower + more rocky. The floor of the valley had been planted with alfalfa which extended west about 4 mi. to the border. it averaged about 200 yds wide. Two few gopher mounds were opened + traps set. At the border two Marmots were shot. At this place the surrounding country was very rocky. # at 8:30 P.M. on the way to camp 6 Myotis + 3 Poorwills were shot in a