2 Russell 5 mi, N Arno Campina, 5600 ft, Chick. Mtn July 4 1959 So far we have taken only 1 Baiomyx. We do not get over 3 of any 1 species with exception of maniculatus. Just looking at the amount of Dipus working that showed up next morning after a previous afternoon shower, one wonders why he doesn't catch more of them. About 2 days after the rains started there was a rash of gophers working. We got up in the morning to find fresh gopher mounds piled right in midst of camp area. They had been very active all along the wash. We set traps and almost without exception they came within the hour, pushed no dirt & simply were caught. It was the most rapid & successful trapping I have ever seen. In this wash with a sprinkling of large oaks & ash the sandy loam is quite deep & in spots fairly free of rocks. Much less rocky than that in camp off on W side of Intn. And the gophers look different. We got plenty of stories from the residents here about porcupines. From the descriptions there are gizzlers black. To form any idea of numbers however is quite impossible.