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Murray
1949
Journal
Aug 21 French Camp, 3100ft, Humboldt Co., Calif.
gopher workings, both in scattered forest
and grassy places. Also mole runs. Have
seen 1 brush rabbit
Took 40 traps across from camp on a
forested slope. Most ran on open ground
under firs with needles, circled a rock
outcropping. Some were in clumps of unidentified
bunch grass, then into shrubby growth of
chinquapin with many dried leaves on the
ground. Rearranged my other 15 traps so that
most passed through a thicker growth of the
same bunch grass, with bracken fern mixed
in—still under firs.
Aug 22 Same location
In all traps caught only 3 Peromyscus
maniculatus (all disc.)
This morning went down to the grassy
rolling hillside of Schoolhouse Peak—south
facing slope. Very dry, with dried grass 4 to
6 in. high, partially grazed by sheep. There
were several moister gulches with patches of
Juncoas. One had 2 water tanks near the road,
with a trickle of running water for a short
distance, then moisture a little farther. Set
20 traps along this, mostly in juncoas. There
were several rock outcroppings, and loose rock
scattered around. Saw a few Sceloporus on