July 6 Metairie, Jefferson Parish, Louisiana set out about 27 museum specials + 5 rod traps in field + wood edge and on into the woods. This region is fast being built up so that in a few more years there will be little woods left. This spot is at the edge of a playground, where the grass is uncut. The woods are the usual Louisiana deciduous trees, chiefly hackberry, live oak, (Quercus virginiana) black gum + osage orange. This area is about 12 feet above sea level, and is in fact, called, the Metairie ridge. I am hoping to get Peromyscus gossypinus, Reithrodontomys humilis, and perhaps R. fulvescens. Also Sigmodon or P. leucopus might be here. Also a good chance for Blarina. This place is not far from the Metairie Park Country Day School, the Metairie Golf club and my trap line runs almost up to the old Illinois Central R.R. tracks (I think that is the line). This place is near Woodbine Avenue, and Duplessis streets. That should fix it pretty accurately. The soil is a rich black humous [illegible] is riddled with crawfish holes. Cottontail rabbits are quite numerous. (Sylvilagus auduboni?) July 7 Picked up traps. 4 mice covered with ants. The skins were completely ruined. Saved the skeletons, however if trapping is done here again I would pick up the catch at 2 hour intervals throughout the night. The catch turned out to be all Mus musculus although they had white feet and bicolored tails so that I at first took them for Peromyscus.