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adjacent hillsides. Two specimens were secured (nos. 13761, 13762). 

 A third was sent in by Mr. Knowles from Hay Fork, Trinity 

 County (no. 12869). 



Sylvilagus bachmani ubericolor (Miller) 

 Eedwood Brush Rabbit 

 Mr. Knowles sent in a specimen (no. 12870) of this race of 

 brush rabbit taken at Hay Fork, Trinity County, in March. We 

 did not encounter it anywhere during the summer collecting. 



Odocoileus columbianus columbianus (Richardson) 

 Columbian Black-tailed Deer 



The entire region which we covered, with the exception of Mayten 

 and Scott Valley, is supposed to constitute an excellent deer coun- 

 try; but our experience was that these animals had to be hunted 

 for long and arduously and that big bucks were hard to get. The 

 writer did not personally see a single deer during the whole sum- 

 mer, but the other members of the party were all more fortunate. 

 A total of eight specimens were secured (nos. 13013-13017, 12729, 

 12730, 13807), from the following localities: North Fork of Coffee 

 Creek, Summerville, head of Grizzly Creek, head of Rush Creek, 

 Helena, Hay Fork, and Callahan. 



During our stay at Helena, in February, George Knowles re- 

 ported seeing a band of twenty-four deer. That was at a time of 

 the year when they would be herding together, and, too, on account 

 of the scarcity of feed, they would then be coming down nearer to 

 human habitations. At Jackson Lake, in June, some men camped 

 below us had seen a doe drinking at the stream, and Miss Alexander 

 jumped one in the brush; also there were many fresh tracks. In 

 spite of several nights spent by the men at the lick, near which 

 we camped, only one young buck was shot. They said a big 

 buck started to come in one night, but it was moonlight and he 

 saw them before they had a chance to shoot. Mr. Baker told us 

 he thought the deer were then feeding by moonlight and lying close 

 in the brush during the day so that they could not be scared up 

 unless nearly stepped upon. 



As I have said, each animal secured meant a hard day's tramp 

 over miles of country. The best specimen obtained was at Rush 



