Hoffmeister 1939 Itinerary 2 mi. SSE and 4 mi. E Burbank, Walla Walla Co, Wash. and are covered almost entirely with cheat grass. The ground is hard packed sand and showed only Prognathus burrows, but where a fire break had been cultivated, Dipodomys burrows were in evidence, and also they were seen between the two ruts of the road or very near the ruts, although the road is evidently frequently used. Set 36 traps on the harder packed sand and caught 10 Prognathus (4 ?, 6 ?) and 4 rat traps set in the roadway and firebreak adjacent to the road caught 2 Dipodomys ordii (? ?). Over this country, Sceloporus are very abundant, and also Lupus californicus. These two localities once were under cultivation or about to be, as numerous abandoned houses are present as well as irrigation ditches. July 23 Set 22 traps at this locality and caught 1 Mus musculus near a pumping station. Re-baited the 4 traps set for the weasel and also set out 3 no. 1/2 single spring traps near a wood-pile for Marmota. This morning these 3 traps had a young Mephitis mephitis. Also shot a Sylvilagus nuttalli along the edge of the alfalfa field adjacent to the willow grove bordering the