A. Feathers Jan. 9, 1934. 1st mi. S.E. Searchlight, Clark Co., Nevada. 500 ft.+ Colorado R. 7. I spent the early morning hours cooking, washing breakfast dishes and in preliminary preparation of the evening meal. After a cold lunch I left camp to hunt birds. Walking down-river thru arrowweed and mesquite, two or three hundred yards distant from the river, I saw a Towhee, but was unable to get a shot at it. Proceed- ing, I soon heard quail calling. Stealing toward the sound, I saw a quail sitting on a quail-brush bush (Atriplex lentiformis). I fired it with one shot of 16 gauge #10 shot. Other birds were heard retreating from the vicinity, and by crawling on my hands and knees thru arrowweed, I was enabled to see and shoot another quail (Lophortyx gambeli). This quail was shot with 4 1/2 ga. #10 shot. Soon after this incident I soon saw a plainoyspla in a mesquite tree. It seemed shy and flew as I approached. I later shot a long sparrow in a low mesquite bush. 4 1/2ga. Returning up-river along the very water's edge, I saw a cactus woodpecker (Dryobates calaris caetophilus) in a willow tree and secured it with one shot of 16 ga. #10 shot. Continuing, I noticed indications of