Field notes, v1724
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A.C. ZIEGLER 1956 TREICHA TOROSA 2 MARIO (WINDCAT CANYON, CONNOR CORRA CO, CALIF. (CONT.) QISSAN FOUND F IN GRASSY FIELD WITH BRYNHAFIS CHUMPS SCATTERED THRU IT BUT NO CANOPY OTHER THAN THIS. SLIGHTLY SLOPMENT VERY GRAY DARK SURFACE. GEARS WAS 2-3 IN. MALE F NOT WITH OOW. SALAMANDERS SKIN WAS NOT PROBABLY FROM OEW. SHE WAS HEADING UP HILL AT LEAST 150 FT FROM STREAM & BASE OF FIELD. WALKED ON TOP OF GEARS- NOT THRU IT. LOOKED AT EGGS SAID TO BE OF THIS SPECIES ATTACHED TO SUBMERGED TWIG IN GLOBE OF JELLY EGGS ROTATE INDEPENDENTLY WHEN CLUSTER IS ROTATING. EGGS, ABOUT 20+ IN CLUSTER, 3 OR 4 CLUSTERS ON TWIG. CLUSTER ABOUT AN 1/INCH TO 1 1/2 IN'S ACROSS. FOUND IN 6 IN DEEP RAPIDLY MOVING STREAM. FOUND F STALKED OUT AT 9:30 AM AT 11:55 WITH O7 ON TOP, N OM PLEXUS ON STREAM BOTTOM. THIS SECTION IS SHARED. COLOR OF ? NOTICEABLY DARKER (GRAYISH) THAN REDDISH BROWN OF ?. ? PULLED IN BY STRING BUT O7 KEPT HOLD. HENCE O7 WAS NOT ONE OF THOSE MARKED AT 9:30 AM & PUT DOWNSTREAM.