Field notes, v1502
Page 627
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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