Field notes, v1478
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V. Memmler 18 Itinerary May 30, Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Cal. elev. 20 ft. raining this morning when we picked up our traps. It has continued to rain and is still raining now at 1:15 P.M. May 31, elevation 75 ft. It stopped raining about 2:00 P.M. yesterday afternoon. At about 3 P.M. Josephine Crowley and I set out to explore some of the places where Mrs. Grinnell had set traps for Weasel and Aplodontia with her. We found a young weasel caught in a rat trap scented with Weasel scent and placed under an old fire hollowed stumps. There were many dead logs lying about. The slope of the hillside was about 30°. The habitat was a Redwood forest with some Douglas Fir and Lowland fir interspersed. There is a deep ground cover of old needles and ferns. Moss grows thickly on the logs and stumps. The weasel was caught by the neck and was still alive when