passing would knock this twig down; this would release the trigger and the deadfall pole would then fall. A female sooty grouse that I shot this afternoon had her crop full of fir or spruce leaves. She was very tame, The male sooty Grouse are hooting in all directions, They must be quite common, I am unable to locate them by the sound, They seem to be quite unsuspicious, 26th. Saw a butterfly this forenoon. It was probably the one seen the 23rd. I got close to it and think it was a Vanessa milberti, 28th. Shot two Sandwich Sparrows (Ammodramus sandwichensis) this morning. They were in alder trees, along the beach. 29th. Flushes a grouse from where it was dusting itself at the upturned root of a tree. It was almost within reach, and flew up into the nearest spruce, from which I tumbled it by a shot from the "aux",