diff --git a/doc/fixes37.0 b/doc/fixes37.0
index 1d1f74d7f..19f8eeb93 100644
--- a/doc/fixes37.0
+++ b/doc/fixes37.0
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.360 $ $NHDT-Date: 1606011660 2020/11/22 02:21:00 $
+NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.361 $ $NHDT-Date: 1606033928 2020/11/22 08:32:08 $
 
 General Fixes and Modified Features
 -----------------------------------
@@ -300,9 +300,9 @@ since ki-rin look quite a bit like unicorns, make them be more like one:
 	allow them to use their own horn to cure themselves; remove M1_ANIMAL,
 	change MS_NEIGH to MS_SPELL, add MR_POISON, use horse body parts;
 	they're still 'A' rather than 'u' and don't care about gems
-wand or scroll of create monster that makes a new monster which can be seen
-	or sensed becomes discovered but was doing so even for a concealed
-	mimic seen as furniture or an object
+wand/scroll of create monster or bag of tricks that makes a new monster which
+	can be seen or sensed becomes discovered, but was doing so even for a
+	concealed mimic seen as furniture or an object
 'showscore' could be used to determine how much gold was inside a container
 	whose contents were unknown
 
diff --git a/src/makemon.c b/src/makemon.c
index 67cc83452..11725b94c 100644
--- a/src/makemon.c
+++ b/src/makemon.c
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* NetHack 3.7	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1605927392 2020/11/21 02:56:32 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.179 $ */
+/* NetHack 3.7	makemon.c	$NHDT-Date: 1606033928 2020/11/22 08:32:08 $  $NHDT-Branch: NetHack-3.7 $:$NHDT-Revision: 1.180 $ */
 /* Copyright (c) Stichting Mathematisch Centrum, Amsterdam, 1985. */
 /*-Copyright (c) Robert Patrick Rankin, 2012. */
 /* NetHack may be freely redistributed.  See license for details. */
@@ -1502,9 +1502,12 @@ boolean neverask;
         if (!mptr && u.uinwater && enexto(&c, x, y, &mons[PM_GIANT_EEL]))
             x = c.x, y = c.y;
 
-        mon = makemon(mptr, x, y, NO_MM_FLAGS);
-        if (mon && canspotmon(mon) && (M_AP_TYPE(mon) == M_AP_NOTHING
-                                       || M_AP_TYPE(mon) == M_AP_MONSTER))
+        if ((mon = makemon(mptr, x, y, NO_MM_FLAGS)) == 0)
+            continue; /* try again [should probably stop instead] */
+
+        if ((canseemon(mon) && (M_AP_TYPE(mon) == M_AP_NOTHING
+                                || M_AP_TYPE(mon) == M_AP_MONSTER))
+            || sensemon(mon))
             known = TRUE;
     }
     return known;
@@ -2360,7 +2363,9 @@ int *seencount;  /* secondary output */
             mtmp = makemon((struct permonst *) 0, u.ux, u.uy, NO_MM_FLAGS);
             if (mtmp) {
                 ++moncount;
-                if (canspotmon(mtmp))
+                if ((canseemon(mtmp) && (M_AP_TYPE(mtmp) == M_AP_NOTHING
+                                         || M_AP_TYPE(mtmp) == M_AP_MONSTER))
+                    || sensemon(mtmp))
                     ++seecount;
             }
         } while (--creatcnt > 0);