in the afternoon much earlier than we expected them. They saw seventeen antelope on the plain below, but did not get any, although Will shot at them. They also saw a melanistic Thrasher that they were unable to get; also many Scaled Quail, a flock of Yellow-headed Black birds, some Cardinals, and a few Crissal Thrashers. They shot two Scaled Quail, an Arizona Pyrrhuloxia, two Black-throated Sparrow, a Vermilion Flycatcher and a Shorelark. Howard collected a set of Crissal Thrashers. May 4. I skinned birds while Howard and Will went up the canon. They shot some Townsend's, Western and Red-faced Warblers. They saw two deer, and Will shot at them without any results. Will found a nest of Black-throated Gray Warblers, just finished. May 5. In the afternoon Will jumped two deer and fired at them twice times without getting either. We killed a Frosted Po'Will, a Grace's, and some Townsend's and Red-faced Warblers, an Arizona Junco, and an Hepatic Tanager. Will took a set of Mexican Creeper, and found an unfinished nest of Black-throated Gray Warbler. May 6. We all four went collecting today going further up in the mountains than we had yet been. We stayed together until we reached the divide of the mountains, when the three of us got separated from Rising, who went further north along the divide. The wind was blowing a gale, and as there were no birds on the unprotected ridge, we descended into a sheltered canon. We had not gone far before we jumped two