Feathers 1935. Boyce Prairie, Prairie Creek State Park, 240 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 37. ( cont. ) Oct. 22, 1935. The tracks were those of running animals, traveling west on top of the ridge. Logs, brush and down timber had been easily negotiated by the elk. After following these tracks 4 mi., I noticed a cow and a spike bull elk standing in open timber, on top of a divergent ridge. They remained motionless for some time, while I watched from a distance of 100 yds. Then approached to within 50 yds. Here I walked out upon a fallen redwood log to one end about fifteen feet above the ground. This was a fine position for observing the elk. At this time the cow elk commenced making a peculiar throaty sound, which might be termed a whistle. It gave me the impression of a prolonged hoarse dog's bark. The cow con- tinued whistling at intervals, and walked back and forth over a short route. All during this, the young bull remained more or less in the same position nervously picking up his legs and setting them down with deliberation. As I moved back and forth along the log, I was quite visible to the elk and, with the wind carrying my scent in their direction, must certainly have been identified by the elk. The attitude of defiance exhibited by