Field notes, v1478
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Memmler 1943 59 journal June 1, Indian Creek, 1500ft., 13 mi. S Shandon, S.L.O Co., Calif. drove to King City where we had lunch. After doing some shopping we drove on to Paso Robles where we did more shopping. On the way to Paso Robles we tried to locate a locality where J. Dixon had caught Perognathus mormatus near San Miguel. We reached our present locality at Indian Creek about 7 o'clock. We could not find the owner of the land on which we wished to trap. We were told by a neighboring farmer that he lived in town, only coming but once a week. We decided to camp beside the road in a wide space and set traps on the land to the north of the road. June 2, I set out 48 live traps in a white sandy area which I found by following a small road through the fence on the north side of the highway. The road lead to a calvin. I did not go as far as the calvin to set my traps. The plants which grew on the sand were as follows, in order of abundance: Lotus, Chorizanth, Monardella lanceolata, astagales and mimulus. and Artemesia. There were other plant, which I was not able to identify, because they were not in bloom. I caught 1 Peromyscus truei, 2 Peromyscus maniculatus (1 male + 1 female),