Feathers 1934. Colorado R., 1/2 mi. N Nev.- 44. Calif. monument, Clark Co., Nev. Feb. 8, 1934. (cont.) In this specimen, the color and markings of the pelage indicate a possible cross of Felis domesticus with Lynx rufus. The tail of the cat was short for Felis domesticus; but not as short as some tails on wild house cats which have come to my notice. At another trap I had caught a skunk. It was killed with a stick, after surviving a shot from the .410 ga. From tracks in the sand, I concluded that another skunk had tarried nearby for some time. It had apparently rolled on the sand at places near the trapped skunk. I re-set the trap. On my way back to camp I shot a Colaptes chrysoides meansi from a willow tree. Several Colaptes cafer were seen in the willow asso- ciation. I returned to camp, skinned the skunk and house cat and a badger, which Mr. Snyder brought in. In the late afternoon, I visited my muskrat traps. I secured one muskrat from a trap, which had been set under water on a slanting log. I met Orr at this place, and went with him to hunt for some Red-winged blackbirds, which we had heard. We found them far out in tules. Efforts to make them fly proved futile; as they had settled