2. Feathers. Colorado R., 1/2 mi. N Nev.- Calif. monument, Clark Co., Nev. Feb. 1, 1934. 37. (cont.) shot a mockingbird in a mesquite tree. He then drove me up the wash near camp, wherein some of my traps were set. I walked back to camp, visiting other traps on the way. I prepared lunch, and later walked around my traps across the slough. I took with me four traps and a skunk carcass for bait. These I set in likely locations, squeezing skunk scent from the glands at each setting. No specimens were secured from the traps. An abut toupee had been caught in one trap. Tracks of a skunk showed in the sand near the trap, indicating that the skunk had pulled both bird and trap the length of the chain. The bird had not been eaten, however. I returned to camp, put up the hermit thrush skin and cooked dinner. After dinner I put up the skin of the audubon warbler and the skeleton of the house wren. Feb. 2, 1934. In the company of Dr. Hall, I visited seven steel traps in the willow association. No specimens were secured from the traps. Four of them were taken up. At the river's edge we saw a blue heron, which had been alarmed by our approach and had taken flight. We parted here, Dr. Hall travelling north, while I went south to