dark color bark + about 1/2 foot from roots. Hole small; not more than 2 1/2 inches across + went straight in through 3 inches of wood. Built ladder against tree. Had to chop open hole a bit to get at nest but hope that the parent finicky the 3 young there will continue to look after them. The young were taken, I found, from a platform composed of the excrement accumulated over years. There was no attempt at nest construction other than the level platform which was reached by the upwardly sloping entry. The inside of the tree is quite hollow -- a cylindrical cavity about 6 inches diameter. The parent that was probably up inside there. The length of the young ones was already got away in light of feet + body, the other two about 5 or 10 mm. less. Colored dark brownish gray; under parts white; Tail + inner surfaces of limbs slick & a smooth hairless. All still had white wains, the upper ones dangling thus: [sketch] Ears flecked gray + fleshy. Feet slender heavy claws, + already quite sharp. This morning went up river trail to creek. Turned due north along canoe road discount by Plant, a foot wide track through woods where there are three abandoned canoes. Truck leads north along top of ridge, one or two grassy openings, a little cave, one place grown up to briar bushes where heard a rattleby. Two miles from the river came suddenly upon large native house. See below: a few bits of color: [sketch] Signs in red displayed objects in shot there on top + also painted in various ways. The dry + I did not take aim at all + that about included it was deserted when a dog put his