I collected a few Song Sparrows (Melospiza Cinera morphna) which were everywhere abundant. These birds were continually very careful in the trap, which I had set along old stumps for mice, and it was rare if I did not find two or three every morning with their skulls crushed by the trap spring - usually birds so caught would lie faced with their eyes staring out. I shot one Red Squirrel (Sciurus vulgaris) I saw only two Squirrels - a rather re- markable occurrence as they are reported as very common, while lying in wait for deer one evening near a small meadow, a red sq- uirrel came down on a log close to me - regarded me curiously with his bright black eyes, but when I raised my hand, he dashed off into the woods as if he had forgotten an important engage- ment. May 15-08 Upon receiving a telephone message from Capt. Baderin, I left Shawigan Scho Wd. A.M. at 11 o'clock. On the train I met Dr. Rissmiller who was returning from the whaling station and came on to Victoria with him.