Vancouver, Oct. 10 from Queen Charlottes is "phony"; said egg a selected Ancient Murelet. Indians told him (Cumming) so. To latter's best knowledge, no M.M.'s egg has ever yet been found. No doubt Cumming is relatively ignorant, but I saw no evidence of dishonesty. He may nevertheless be irritating to certain of his fellow-Canadians in the natural history field. Oct. 11 Left our nice Hotel George's last evening and took to the C.P. train. Had begun to rain. 7:30 a.m.— At Kamloops; clear, brilliant sunshine. Thompson River in broad, farmed valley with steep sides up to timbered mountain tops; at least 4 conspicuous river-terraces along south side of valley. Evidently dry here; what looks like sage-brush on slopes above first-bottom; scattering yellow-pines on slopes; much open ground on slopes, sparsely grassy, shows effects of long grazing; cottonwoods and willows along river, which is here slow-flowing. Farther along, toward Shuswap, aspens and Douglas spruces began to come in. Saw ducks on river, and crows in groups