Field notes, v1568
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J. Rodgers - 1940 Itinerary, etc. Mar. 2, 3. Vacaville and 1-5 mi. NW & NW, Solano Co., Calif. Mar. 2 about 1:20 p.m. John Chattin, John Gray, and I left Berkeley for a two day trip to Solano Co., primarily to collect skinks. The weather was clear and warm. We drove to Vacaville, then angled off to the NW about 4 mi. by road to a place on the Pleasant Valley cross that we figured by maps to be 3 mi. NW Vacaville. We collected about 30 specimens of reptiles and amphibians there including 8 skinks. They were under rocks or grassy hillside; Some brush nearby. We traveled SW to other to a rocky ridge about 1 1/2 mi. N Vacaville. John Chattin saw one skink there (under a board). We traveled on up N and NW on some little oiled roads, and camped in an abandoned farm yard about 5 mi. NNW Vacaville Mar. 3, we got up about 6:30, put our specimens in formalin (labeled them) and left about 9:00 am. This day we drove to Winters, up Putah Cr. to Pleasant Valley, south to [illegible] Fairfield and then up Susan Creek. we camped 1 mi. S Lake Curry. 1 mi. S Lake Curry, Napa Co., Calif. Mar. 4, 1940 About 6:30, we got up and gathered up John Chattin's traps. About 9:00, we left for Berkeley, and arrived there about 11:45 am.