V. Feathers. Jan. 12, 1934. 500+ ft., Colorado R., 14 mi. S. E. Searchlight, Clark Co., Nev. Before breakfast I started around my traps, but on finding a grey fox in one, I took it to camp to be killed. My beaver traps were then visited. Nothing had disturbed them, so I returned to camp and breakfasted. After breakfast I washed the dishes, skinned the fox, and re-set and baited the eight traps near camp. I then had a bit of lunch with Fitch and Hatfield, who had returned from taking a bird census. They brought four quail, which, considering the dire need, I welcomed as trap bait. The afternoon was spent setting out ten more steel traps (nos. 2 & 3). Some of them were baited with quail, as I shot two more quail on the way. Four quail were seen in the afternoon. The quail were used for bait unskinned, as they are much more attrac- tive that way. Cooking dinner, washing dishes and writing notes consumed my time for the re- mainder of the day. Jan. 13, 1934. I visited my three beaver traps early, but without success. Then I cooked break- frost and washed the dishes. On going around the ten traps I had set the day