A. Feathers Jan. 9, 1934. 500+ ft., Colorado R., 1½ mi. S. E. Searchlight, Clark Co., Nevada. 8. (cont.) Beaver activities along the river bank. They consisted of cut willow shoots and tracks and scrapings in the mud. Arrived in camp, I prepared one quail skin. Then taking 8 no. 2 traps I set them individually thru arrowweed and mesquite associations. Two traps were set in animal runways without bait, and six were baited with rat and mouse bodies. I later cooked dinner, washed dishes and wrote notes. Jan. 10, 1934. My steel traps were visited the first thing in the morning. A fox had crossed over an unbaited runway set without springing the trap. At a traps where the quail body had been used as bait, some carnivore had torn the quail from the wire fastening without springing the traps. The next trap had been sprung, but the animal had jerked free. The skinning table carcasses apparently made poor bait. According to resident ranchers, fish are very difficult to catch at this season; summer being the best time for that purpose. Owing to the difficulty of obtaining fish, trap bait becomes quite a problem. Breakfast of pancakes was prepared while