Thacker 1960 journal p. 42 Oct. 7 Sage Hen Creek Station, 3.7 mi. NW Hobart Mills, 6300' Nevada. Left Berkeley at 3:05 PM for Sage Hen Creek with 3 of the four students from Dr. Benson's Mammalogy Class. These were Helen McGinnis, Jerry Marten, and Don Calvert. Don Lequist had gone up earlier in the day to dr. Benson. We stopped for dinner at Bender about 6 P.M. and arrived at Sage Hen Creek Station at 8:15 PM. Since we arrived after dark there was no time to set any traps. Turned in about 11PM. Oct. 8 Sage Hen Creek Station, 3.7 mi. NW Hobart Mills, 6300' Nevada, El. Up about 6 AM. Temperature dropped to about 26°F last night - not too cold. Overcast last night. After breakfast we checked the traps Dr. Benson had put out last night. He had one Microtus longicaudus, 2+3 Peromyscus maniculatus, 2 Neotoma cinerea, and a couple of Thomasys monticola. Microtus and Peromyscus populations appeared to be well down. Numerous Tamiasciurus douglasii were seen, more than I remember seeing in past years at this time. Dr. Benson shot 2. He also got a Clark's Nutcracker. These birds were quite conspicuous. After checking traps along the stream, in the nearby meadow, on the S-facing slope just above the station and in the rock slides 3/4 mi. E of the station we drove west up the road to look at the brush field 2 mi. W of here. Then we stopped along the stream on the way back in an area of copse (these turning to yellow and orange now) and firs, then back. Late in the afternoon I took the students back up to