J.G.Hall 1952 34 July 21 Sagehen Creek, 3 mi. NW Hobart Mills, Nevada Co., Calif. to sight. May have swum under water to main house. No more activity until 8:45 when I left. Betty & I walked downstream al- must to water intake where she showed me where she'd watched a beaver cutting & eating willows. Left 9 PM. Weather clear all day. July 22-Lower Rockslide colony 6:40 PM. Saw one adult & young of Mt. quail on roadside among manzanita 200 yds above rockslide. Young dispersed & hid so I couldn't tell how many there were. Adult kept calling from about 15' avay, evidently to keep young in hiding. Adult had 2 plumes or else a split one: 6:45 adult beaver with a willow cutting entered water from N. shore & began swimming upstream, lost to sight just below main pond. 6:55 one appeared in water 10' from S shore, cut willow, took it to shal- low water in which it squatted, facing shore & ate it, leaves first and shoots, then bark from main