Rwostor 1944 Journal 2. January 14 2 mi. N. Occidental, Sonoma Co., Calif to Berkeley, Ala. Co. Awoke at 7:30 AM & picked up traps. The 36 under redwood stumps & oaks yielded 6 Peromyscus maniculatus and the 6 in the field - 2 microtus californicus. Walt caught one sorex nowbridgii in a turocks of Junius in a damp spot. He also set steel traps but without success. He saw tracks of coy, mink, & wild cat. Birds were not abundant or conspicuous we saw Turkey Vulture 3, Red- tailed Hawk 2, Sharp-shin 1, Chestnut-backed Chickadee sub., Creeper 4 (singing), Winter Wren 1, Hermit Thrush 2, Varied Thrush 1, Golden Kinglet sub, Hutton Vireo 1 singing, Fox Sparrows 2, & Song Sparrow. We collected Batrachoseps, Ensatina, and Triturus granulosus?], & Ensatina Eneides lugubris and saw two small Scelopous. The bottom land along the stream and the west slope above it are wooded with Tanbark oaks, Redwood, and Douglas fir. On the east slope there was scattered brush with small Douglas firs and a good many cypress. Road cuts showed the basic rock to be Serpentine. These hills looked like a good place for Pellaea densa (Cheilanthes siliquosa) but are owned by the Sonoma chrome company and are well fenced. Along the west slope we found and followed an old railroad bed which