Feathers 1935. Boyes Prairie, Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 17. (cont.) Oct. 9, 1935. remainder of the field was planted to clover and grass. This carrot field bordered on Prairie Creek. Our study of the field brought the conclusion that 25% of the carrot tops had been nipped off. This did not seem to injure the carrots greatly, for they seemed quite vigorous, growing fresh tops. The field was covered almost completely with elk tracks, old and fresh. In the adjoining grassy area we found the fresh tracks of two running elk. The tracks led up to and disappeared beyond a four foot barbed wire fence. The two elk had undoubtedly jumped the fence. The elk had undoubtedly pulled up by the tops a great many carrots and eaten both the bulb and top. The tramping hoofs in the field had also done some damage to the carrots. Carrots were seen lying on the ground, some of them with pieces bitten from them, others unmarked. A few deer tracks were seen in the field. We asked Mr. Davion what percentage of loss of his carrot crop he considered the elk responsible for, and he replied that he thought he had sustained a 50% loss. This seemed a fairly accurate estimate and coincided with our opinions, based on our recent investigations. The value of the crop was not readily ascertainable as the carrots were used by Mr. Davion for