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Viola Themmles
1942
Itinerary
April 8, Muddy Creek, 1000 ft., 1mi S. Chular Canyon, Monterey Co., Calif.
Baccharis and Rosa with short grass beneath.
The soil is full of sand and fine gravel
as are the slopes on the hillside above
on which we set yesterday. We found 9 traps
springing without catch, but removed from
4 traps and one tail, apparently Reithrodontrus.
Catches as follows: 4 ♂, 3 ♀ Reithrodontomys,
no males, ; 2 ♂, 1 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus,
no males, ; 1 ♀, 10 ♂ Peromyscus ? and
1 ♂ Perognathus. One Bewick Wren
was also caught. We were out quite late
setting traps, until after dark, but saw
no Dipos at play. Today we had
fogs until after 10:30 A.M. when it began
to lift. There was bright sunshine
until late afternoon when clouds again
covered the sky Jean and I explored the
wood road further and followed its
course for about 4 miles. It goes higher
up onto the tops of nearby hills. The
plants seem much the same as where
we had been setting. Chaparral, of the
dry sort usually covers the S facing slopes,
and live oaks the N facing, with grassy
meadows between and on top the hills.
We saw Dark Sparrows in the meadows
on top the hills. I heard a Pulpy Crooked