Feathers Boys Prairie Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., 12. 1935. Humboldt Co., Calif. (emt.) Oct. 8, 1935. which was in a small redwood tree. The shot started a large animal from nearly, which ran off thru the brush, making considerable noise. I ran down the trail in an endeavor to intercept and identify the animal. As I slowed down to a walk, I saw the rear part of an elk, visible thru the brush. The rest of its body was entirely hidden. When I tried to get in a position to see the rest of the animal it ran off, crashing thru the brush. I followed it and heard it frequently, but was unable to catch sight of it again. Shortly later, as we walked along the upper Kelly Bluff trail .4 mi. SE of its junction with Squashon Creek trail, I noticed what appeared to be an ex- cavated spring, 100 feet below and to the north of the trail. Russell and I went down to investigate it. Elk tracks and droppings were plentiful near the spring. On closer inspection it appeared to be a bear or elk wallow. This small basin was an excavation in soft black mud, at the head of a natural spring. It was 10 feet long and five feet wide, with sloping sides. In the center the water was about 12 inches deep. Numerous hairs, tent- atively identified as those of elk, were found floating in the water. Elk tracks indicated where elk had entered and left the pool