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Murray
1949
Journal
Sept.5 Red Mt., 5300 ft, 14 m.s Hayfork, Trinity Co., Calif.
The rest were in fir, pine and cedar forest,
not very dense except for one patch.
Quite chilly tonight with wind blowing.
Sept.6 Same location
Caught 1 ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus,
1 ♀ Eutamias amoenus, and what I took
for a Microtus californicus, though it was
in Cleanothus cordulatus with bare ground
beneath
There are 3 species of chipmunks here,
Eutamias amoenus, sonomae, and townsendi.
thus far sonomae has appeared to be almost
exclusively in brusing areas, and rarely
showing itself. Amoenus is common,
frequently around logs in scattered conifers.
Townsendi seems the less numerous of
the three.
there are very many Sceloporus
graciosus, very tiny, on the ground around
the brush. Adults are somewhat less common.
In the afternoon went down the drainage
behind camp, north facing slope, until I
struck a bit of water. At first it was in
pools with little movement, and going under
ground at intervals. Found a Dicamptodon
larva in one. Temp. 13.0°. After the fork
joined with one from Dabakella Mt., the