Sicamous, Oct. 13 in middle of the one set of wheel ties on that section west of here. The route from the east turning south up the Sicamous River is better travelled. The railroad follows along the shore within a few feet of lake level. The woods up the mountain side are thick but of small stature – no trees more than 50 feet high, I should say. They consist of Douglas spruce, red cedar, birch, alder, cottonwood, with an under growth of huckleberry, snowberry and other plants that I do not know. Well. Vis. 9. Kept pencil census from 11:45 to 1:05 along the “highway.” Checked Herring Gull (7 on sand bar at mouth of Sicamous River, and 2 were in flight out over water); Crow (6, along shore); Canada Nuttall (3, in spruces); Juncos (17, in 3 groups – black heads, sepia backs and brown sides – shufeldti?); Winter Wren (3, in root tangles along uphill side of road cut); Flicker (2, red-shafted); Loon (1, out on lake); Black-capped Chickadee (11 counted out of one company scattered thru cottonwoods and spruces); Bubo boreas (one huge ♀ washed on roadway); Hyla regilla (a pale