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Murray
1949
Journal
Aug 10 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.
65 traps held 5 Peromyscus maniculatus
(1♂, 4 immature). Saved only the adult.
Put out 4 gopher traps. Workings are numerous
around here, with several open holes in
the thick grass, where gophers have been
found several times pulling at grass.
In the afternoon went with Dr. Pearson
to look in attic of the nearby farmhouse.
There were bat droppings, not particularly
fresh, but none present. We then checked
a dense redwood hillside several hundred
yards to the southwest of camp. In a cleared
area below the woods and much exposed,
was a small pool with a few small
Rana aurora and at least one partially
metamorphosed Hyla regilla - legs formed
and tail starting to disappear. Deep
in the lush redwood growth was another
pool in which boys said they had seen
what answered to Triturus. Found none.
One large Rana aurora was sitting
on a mossy log at least 4 feet above the
ground where a trickle of water ran
several feet away. Later I returned
to turn and pull apart a number
of logs. Found 1 Batrachoseps under
a log with very moist soil, where there