J. Rodgers 113 Frank Clarke Ranch, 7 mi. SW. Laytonville, Mendocino Co., Calif. April 1, March 31, 1938 badly mutilated foot. The chain was so tangled in the fence that the coon could not get to the ground. The side of the fence was covered with blood, indicating that the coon had fallen off and climbed back up many times. I held the coon so that it could not reach me, and ran a long blade of a pocket knife into its heart. Closer examination showed a toe freshly missing from another foot, which probably indicates that this coon was caught in the other trap, dragged it down the hill, let away, and next back up the hill only to be caught in this trap. Mr. Clarke showed me a row of peas half a mile had been eaten to the ground the night before. A trap set near this row of peas had a Microtine in it. He also showed me poisoned grain on the tops of several 6 foot posts, and said that it is intended for jay birds. He says they should be killed off because they eat eggs and young of the smaller birds.