France A Moek 1941 Journal May 18 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California pile of decaying pine needles and redwood & Douglas fir twigs about 3 feet deep stacked against a Bishop pine shodded forest here with ground thickly matted with above mentioned vegetation and strewn with numerous decaying tree trunks. Ferns, Rhododendrons, huckleberry, Chinguacoin, Clintonia andrewsiana, ground iris (Marcespon) scattered on forest floor. Examined other piles of decaying vegetation and found these same intricate burrow systems. Found 2 large burrow entrances about 3½ - 4" in diameter. Two salamanders found in burrow system where trapped loose vagrants They were in tight coils. One 4 inch one found in burrow near ground; small one inch salamander found in burrow near top of pile. Orthoptera, isopods, worms and spiders found in the burrows. One Microticus sp.(?) caught in clothionmyce dense growth of tankark oak, Rhododendron, bracken, (Pinus contorta v. bolanderi) Cupressus pygmaea, manzanita, small pines (3-14 ft), huckleberry, Labrador tea and Oregon grape. Ground was rut and covered with decaying leaves. Peromyscus maniculatus caught in low growth of pygmy cypress, huckleberry, bracken (green and dry), and small Bishop pine.— unshodded, flat country— quite windy. Two traps were springing— one at edge of pygmy forest and one in low vegetation. It seems as if the pygmy forest is not a good trapping ground. The animals were caught