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too fascinating a scene for me to disturb. Miss Kellogg records 

 this subspecies from Bear Creek, in the Mt. Eddy region not 

 many miles to the southeast, her identification being supported 

 by Dr. Joseph Grinnell, who states, however, that the form 

 taken there is an intermediate one, hence it is reasonable to sup- 

 pose that those we saw or heard in this region should be placed 

 in this category. Unfortunately we had no other opportunity 

 to obtain specimens. 



This was the only station at which we noted the California 

 Pygmy Owl. A couple were heard by all three of the party on 

 the morning of June 9, but the sounds appeared to come from a 

 long distance, apparently across the canon, and no specimen 

 was secured. Here also we heard the Poor-will, but did not 

 succeed in calling one within range of vision. 



In a well-watered ravine we found the Sierra Hermit Thrush 

 to be quite numerous and several individuals were secured. 

 When "squeaked" to, these thrushes would come almost within 

 arm's reach of a person, their curiosity to discover the source 

 of the strange sounds being so easily aroused, according to 

 Holman and Gilchrist who had the good fortune to find this 

 favored spot. 



The Dusky-footed Wood Rat (Neotoma fuscipes fuscipes) 

 was very common here, its nests being widely distributed over 

 the hillside where the cabin stood, and numerous crevices of 

 rocks also served it for abiding places, these being usually 

 marked by the presence of a few dead twigs strewn near the 

 entrance or sticking out of the holes as if this species could not 

 get away from the idea of stick construction for its habitations. 



Mice (Peromyscus) were fairly numerous here, but we did 

 not find the Kangaroo Rats we had been hoping to find from the 

 accounts given by natives, although there is no doubt as to their 

 presence in some localities within a few miles, as people told us 

 of having seen them jumping across roads in front of their 

 automobiles when traveling by night. Upon our first arrival 

 at Forest House Mountain we found chipmunks very scarce, 

 only one or two being seen, but on June 10 we discovered quan- 

 tities of the Klamath Chipmunk just below our cabin from the 

 level of the camp to some distance down hill, they being mostly 

 near the little rivulet that flowed from our spring. Whether 



