3rd, a female shrew (Sorex ?) taken last night contained five fractures, I can make out but four mammarie, ½, all inguinal. Microtus skinned yesterday and today had little white bunches on the inside of its skin, apparently groups of some parasitic larvae; we skinned the 1st, had two wood ticks sticking on its face. The feet of the first bear skin Miss Alexander bought were not skinned out. Its hind foot measured 325 mm by 140 wide, and the fore foot was 140 wide. There was very little fat on this skin, but the one bought first had a considerable fat on it. So these bears do not always go thin in hibernating. May 7, Two woodpeckers (Sphyrapicus ruber noothmerus and Dryobates villosus barriai) killed yesterday and skinned today were laying, "Jackson" killed a small bear day before yesterday. May 8, A female buffle-head duck (Chaitonetta albeola) killed This morning had shrimps in her gizzard. Her mate was swimming around her, and fluttering his wings to