Feathers. 1935. Boyce Prairie Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., 31. Humboldt Co., Calif. (cont.) Oct. 19, 1935. had been shot. I saw no evidence of any struggle. The canine teeth were missing from the skull when I first saw it and Mr. Gastman said they had not been there when he found the carcass. The elk had apparently been dead one month or less. Its antlers had no velvet and were well polished. Orr assisted me while I sacked the skeleton and later we each carried a sack of the bones back to the car. One sack of bones was left there, for which I intended returning the following day. We drove back to camp. Early in the afternoon Orr and I drove to the lower Gold Bluff mine. As we came within view of Mr. Smedberg's house at the mine, I saw a large bull elk standing on the open grassy hillside about 50 yards above the house. We drove closer to the house and got out of the car. Mr. Smedberg appeared, introductions were made, and we approached to within 50 feet of the house. I then took some photographs, incorporating in the scene, Mr. Smedberg, the house and the bull elk grazing. The elk had not raised its head up to this time. Mr. Smedberg and I then commenced to climb the hill. When within about 50 feet