Salt 1947 Journal 3 1/2 mi E., 1/2 mi N., McClesney mtn., 1900 ft., San Luis Obispo Co., Caly. Sept. 5 (cont.). Skinned the rest of the day. Shot at bats in evening with no success. Put out 50 museum Special Traps in the Eriodiction-Adenostoma growth on the rocky hillside just north of camp. Baited with walnuts. Store ran a parallel line baited with oatmeal. Dr. Miller shot an owl. There were several Screech Owls calling in the oaks about camp. Sept. 6 Ran trap line. Got one Dipos & two Peromyscus. Went down to water very early (5:30) to wait for mountain quail to come in. Heard one at 7:20 AM? call from the heavy manzanita-scrub oak on west facing hillside. A few minutes later heard the alarm call given several times. No further contact. Saw Black Phoebe, Goldfinches (mostly Arkansas, a few Lawrence) come to water. Nothing new appeared. Abandoned wait at 8:00 AM. Shot a spotted towhee on the way back from trap line in scrub oak. Put up skins till afternoon. Set two Schyler traps in attic of cabin and 3 #3 steels in canyon south of us using woodrat hung from tree for bait.