seldom indulge themselves in this way, however, unless they are well within the cover of the forest so it is almost useless to attempt to catch them. Wed Aug 6 We moved camp this a. m. to the entrance of another valley on the East side of Blue River and hunted unsuccessfully until dark. The next a. m. I saw Mr. Garner with the young hunter hunt for a mark deer which he had killed in the net above our tents. The little animal is about the size of a rabbit, a dark gray with white markings on the throat. This specimen was a male with turks about 3" long. Behind it surrounding this ferret there is a mark gland which in this instance was " long by " wide. The tail, which was completely bare was only " long & concealed wit the midst of a rumup patch of long stiff ground hairs. Patches on various parts of the body numbers spots, long hairs which form the winter coat still remained but they are so exceedingly brittle that they break off by the end of the summer & leave their remains. In their place the short summer coat grows.