H.W. grinnell - 1915 29. yosemite, Calif. over the stream. This indicates the latest nesting date that I have found in the Valley. This evening a packer brought over to the cottage a young marmot about ten inches long, head and body, and with a tail) about 4 inches long. It drank water eagerly and then curled up to sleep with it's head between it legs. It was sent down from Tuolumne meadows by the boys. July 16 This afternoon morning just at sunrise I saw a small animal climbing about over the top of a 4 ft high monza- nita brush back of the cottage. It proved to be a Ground Squirrel, which had evidently been gathering the green monzanita berries, as evidenced by the freshly cut stems. The eggs in the blackbird's nest which was discovered on