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 34 TIIE CONDOR VoL. X lightful plunge in Eel River and caught a string of trout in its waters before end- ing our stay at Barney's. Early on the morning of August 8 we started on the long trail for Covelo. After an all-day tramp over the roughest -kind of country we reached Covelo about eight o'clock at night, well fatigued. re spread our sleeping bags in a pasture that night, for the hotel of the town had burned in our absence and with it some of our belongings. Bunnell and I returned over the way we had come as far as Uldah. Here I left him, getting out a line of traps that night and putting up a few mammals before taking the stage for Lierly's ranch at the base of Mt. Sanhedrin, the next day. A twenty-four hour's delay was necessary at John Day's in Potter Valley, where I did some more collecting, and late on the night of August 12, our stage arrived at that extremely picturesque spot, Lierly's ranch. Here for three days I had fine small mammal collecting, but being without a gun had to neglect birds. After a short stay in San Francisco, I left for Marshall's, Marin County, on SHOVII CREIe, K, NEAR BESWICK, CALIFORNIA Toniales Bay, and just across from the famous headland of Point Reyes. Dr. Merriam was on the train to this point and made the journey very instructive, pointing out the characteristic shrubs and trees of the region thru which we passed. Marshall's is in a country of rolling hills, gold- en yellow in color from the thin coarse grass which is everywhere present. The country is practically treeless except in the well-watered canyons where occur willows andelderbushes and other sim- ilar growths. Ohslopes protec- ted from the cold, steady breezes off the ocean, the California laurel grows iu dense patches. This locality is cool, well- watered and birds and small mammals are fairly common. On August 21, I joined Dr. Merriam at Camp Meeker, Sonoma County, in the midst of a beautiful forest of redwoods. Here along the brook and in the shady woods small animals were common; but a snail proved a great pest by eating the bait from small traps. Frequently nearly every trap set in damp places had its bait removed and remained unsprung. Birds here were surprisingly scarce, per- haps due to the thicldy settled character of the resort. On August 27 I left Camp Meeker and on September 4 resumed fidd work at Beswick, in the very heart of the Sisldyous in northern California. The famous Hot Springs here have led to the establishment of a summer resort and this has naturally had an adverse effect upon animal life. Fair trapping, however, was had along Shovel Creek, and the fine orchards and gardens connected with the hotel served to attract numbers of birds. Beswick is in a small valley--the widening of the gorge of the Klamath river, which here runs tumultuously by. The altitude