Field notes, v1513
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Palmer 1936 Feb.15 cont'd. Itinerary / mid Summit Mt. Diablo, Brookt. Cont'd. and ran a line of 44 gopher size mou traps up a gently sloping open hillside covered by short green grass. New saw many gophers and Dipodops burrows in the rather rocky red soil. The line ended at The edge of the chaparral and trees - Adenostoma fasciculatum, Sambucus glauca, Artemisia tridentata comprising the smaller bushes and Umbellaria californica, and Junerea chrysopye's and Pinus coulteri the trees. Set one rat trap by a woodrat nest under a Calif. Bay tree. Returned to Berkeley That evening. On The way back saw two Odocoileus columb ianus on an open grassy hillside near The road. Feb.16. Left Berkeley 8 AM and returned to the traps set last P.M. The cold wind of last night was still blowing upslope (NE) but the heavy fog had somewhat dispused. In 43 mousetraps caught # 17 mammals of the following species: Thomomys bottae, 1 & ; Mus musculus, 1 & Microtus californicus, 1 & (missing); Peromyscus