Okanogan Landing, Oct. 12 Brooks' collection is housed safely in a court museum building quite apart from his living house. The cases are well-made wooden ones. I guess there are about 7000 birds, the great majority of which have been collected by Brooks himself. He does not aim for series, but full plumage and age representation of each species of North American bird. Young young, and "first plumages" of many rare species have been especially gone after. Brooks is very cordial toward MVZ; says repeatedly that, if there be anything he can get that we want, to say what it is; if within reach of him he'll get it. Oct. 13 Got into Sicamous at 8 last evening and spent the day (Sunday) here, stopping at the C.P.R.R. Hotel Sicamous; customs to us quaint! Did writing most of the day; but out for a walk before lunch and again late this afternoon. Took a path up the steep hillside above the station to the "transcontinental highway" which shows little traffic - lines of weeds