B.M.B. Richardson 1936 General Account 23 heard the bark of a fox in his back yard. This fox has also become quite tame allowing them to feed it from their hand or to sit in their lap. I saw several Cottontail Rabbits near camp this evening as we drove up. Jan 17. My catch this morning consisted of 17 Peromyscus maniculatus, and 1 Peromyscus truei. We collected our stages packed up and returned to Porterville. Two miles south of Wood Lake we found a Great Horned Owl hanging in an Oagg Orange hedge. We brought the animal home & skin and found 1 no 2 shot in the wing muscle. The stomach contained only 1 fernweber Cricket. There were numerous Hypoderid flies on the animal. Jan 18 + mi E S E Porterville 550 ft Tulare Co. Calif This morning early we went to Shafter Run Co. to interview Mr. F. F. Latta for recommended that I see Mr. Akers of Squaw Valley (See his report be published in the Fresno Bee).