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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