Field notes, v1478
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V. Memmler 57 Journal May 29, Galician Range, 1500 ft., 5 1/2 mi. ENE of Soledad, Monterey Co., Calif. californicus, 1 ♂ Dipodomys, and 4 Paragnathus californicus. These live traps were set in and around Adenostoma mainly. Buckwheat was also present in considerable quantity. An attempt was made to place traps in open ground that had workings. A group of traps were set around a break in the dense Adenostoma, these caught the pocket mice mainly. (See species account for details). It was cold during the night and when we woke up there was a fog down in the Salinas Valley. The weather was good here during the day. May 30, It was cold and clear this morning, windy and clear in the late afternoon and clear tonight. Last night I set out 50 Mus.Spec. Traps and 50 live traps mixed around a hill with natural habitat. There was a lot of Adenostoma on one side and grass and blue brush on the other side. On the live traps I caught only one ♂ Dipod- domys. In the snap traps I caught : 1 ♂ Microtus, 2 ♂ Parognathus, 2 ♂ Reithrodontomys 2 ♂ and 1 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus and 1 ♂♀ Dipodomys. In 24 traps left out for microtius I caught 1 Microtus and 1 Reithrodontomys, This evening we