Behle 1933 Mad River Ford, 2700 ft. Above Ruth, Trinity Co. Calif. May 26- Calif. 79 ♀ Purple Finch 22.7g. Ova 8. 80 ♂ Purple Finch 21.6g. Testes 7mm's across These two birds taken by Gilmor in Yellow Pines at Camp. May 27- The 12 rat traps baited with prunes and rolled oats and set at bases of Black Oaks and Douglas Spruce in a circuit north of camp caught last night one ♀ Neotoma fuscipes with no embryos (destroyed); one ♂ P. truei with no embryos; (destroyed) one ♂ P. truei (saved) with no embryos. This last one was caught in a trap set 6 ft. from the ground in a crotch. Last night there were many large Hoary bats in flight around 8:00 P.M. Their presence had not been noted any other evening possibly a migration. They were flying high chiefly over the river. Five in all were taken, I shot one - my first bat. One adult brush rabbit was seen to run along the edge of a large dead stump in an open space some 20 ft. from water. At supper time last night two