153 The oven bird had only Two eggs and no bird was around. Later the male was shot on top of the nest. The liming was a little improved. The woods here were flooded in spots due to the river overflow. That was lucky enough to spy an Out Bear high up in the trees which he shot. It took BB's to puncture the hide and then he climbed on for a ways with his great claws. It was a Lincoln in good shape, handsomely worked with black shoulder straps cast back. The tail was forked wide and the front foot turned under in black fawn. The jaw motion is almost entirely lost and the mouth only large enough to admit the tongue which could be pulled out about 10". The front arms are extremely powerful and about the same general shape as the perfectly tapered head and neck! He also caught a nice bunch of mice in his traps which