Victoria, B.C., Oct. 6 perhaps 50 all told; some in snowbed thickets, some flying overhead, some perched in trees; only winter flight calls heard; thus causing rare still counts on Vancouver I.D. Meadowlark, one in full song from near top of spruce overlooking grassland. Song Sparrow at least 5, in thickets of brome and in vegetation margining ponds in Park. Audubon Warbler, one in maples, in grounds back of Empress Hotel. English Sparrow (a few only in last named locality). Flicker, at least around Park. Oct. 7 Ursus Kermodei, ♀, alive, in Bearsm Hill Park; 11/8 years old; eyes pale brown, lighter than even cinnamon bear; muzzle dark brown; fore claws, pinkish brown; coat white with pinkish buff deeply located suffusion. Only one known in captivity; from Prince Royal I.D., adjacent to Gribble I.D. 1:30 p.m. - At Provincial Mus. with Dan Corvan: Just saw, mounted, a Wolverine taken on Vancouver I.D. - don't know a mus race, being worked up by Corvan. The type of Vireo huttoni insularis Rhoads