Nov. 5 - Denver a ditch and from a moist borrow-pit along the river, were ducks, flushed in pairs and groups; 2 or 3 large flocks seen in flight. One flock of 75 or so geese. One adult Red-tailed Hawk in flight closely, and a buteo perched that looked like an American Rough-hog. Gulls were seen along the river - scattering lazy ones that I took to be Herring Gulls and a wassed flock of fully 75 that I thought were Ring-billed Gulls. Denver: Nov. 6 Last night Robert J. Niedrach, of the Colo. Mus. Nat. Hist. called on me. He, with Rogers of that staff, are about to leave for Guatemala to collect material primarily for groups for the Museum. This work is under the direction of Figgins, though it latter will not go himself. The party plans to be gone 7 to 10 months, and will be joined there by the experienced collectors, C.F. Underwood and Austin Paul Smith. Niedrach had a lot to say about conditions here - Figgins' lack of sympathy with any sort of scientific work