Feathers 1935. Boyes Prairie, Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 21. Oct. 10, 1935. (cont.) He thought the elk had decreased during the last six years, at least in the vicinity of his ranch. He promised to show us the skeletons the next day. We drove out on the road from Crick to Orleans 9.8 mi. and questioned a Mrs. Lyons at her ranch. At this place we were just entering the Bald Hills area. Near the ranch there was an open grassy hillside area of approximately 1 sq. mi. Mrs. Lyons said she had seen two elk two months previous in an open pasture near the ranch. The elk (supposedly the same two) were next seen at her nephew's ranch. Mrs. Lyons said she had been on the ranch for 40 years and had never seen an elk previously. We drove on to the nephew's ranch, 14 mi. out on the road from Crick, and talked with the man, Mr. A. E. Lyons. He told us he had seen two bull elk on his ranch on open ground in June, 1930. He said he took his family down where they were and photographed the elk from within 40 yards. He had been told that elk were numerous near his ranch long ago. He was of the opinion that his sheep kept the elk [illegible] from coming back into the country. He had 4000 sheep on a 6000 acre ranch. About 6000 acres were open land, he said. Timbered areas near here were of great variety, with Douglas fir predominating. Many oaks fringed the