Hoffmeister 1934 Itinerary Paterson, 250 ft., Benton Co., Wash. hundred acres of pears, some alfalfa, etc. The surrounding country is dry open hills of sand, cheat grass, and a few lava boulders. We are encamped near the river opposite the western end of Cooks Island and slightly east of the larger Blalock Island. In conversation with Mr. Halliday on the caretaker he said that the channel of the river channel on the northern side of these islands has infrequently frozen solid, and that in the winter of 1919-20, the channels on the southern side often became jammed for periods with floating ice. After making camp, I collected a Thamnophis, which was lying in the rocks near the river. Later in the evening I collected 5 Scaphiopod(?) which are very abundant at this time along this spot near the river. They apparently migrate down in the early evening as the headlights of the car along the river showed many moving across the road towards the river. No bats were seen last night around camp, also Night Hawks were fairly numerous, and 2 were also seen along the road before reaching this camp. Set out 55 traps last night. 28 of these traps were along a Black Forest wind break in the pear orchard and