S.D. Lowery 1952 Journal May 15 Arletta, 5 mi. S.W. Grig Harbor, Pierce Co., Washington fresh, and I do not doubt that they were caught in here this Spring. The prevailing deciduous plant in the woods is Madrone (Arctostaphylos). The firs are about 50 feet tall but so this is undoubtedly cut over land. Mr. Bacon tells me that "Pine Squirrels" are common here and that they climb into trees and cut down the "pine" cores in the winter. This must be Tamiasciurus hudsonicus. Since this Tamiasciurus does not occur here, nor since Mr. Bacon also describes them as "ground squirrels", this must refer to Citellus fescygi. This has been a beautiful spring day, temperature is about the 60's with a very slight breeze blowing. The nights are a little cooler. The haze has gradually burned off during the day. A spotted towhee and a pair of long sparrows have been playing around the back porch here while I have been writing. This morning I was awakened by a long sparrow who got in my window... One sparrow seems a bit more reddish, plusher, larger and it has a somewhat more prominent eye - streak than the birds of Berkeley. The songs of long sparrows are so variable that hypothetical difference of songs between races are not worth reporting.