A.C.ZIEGLER 1956 PEROMYSCUS TRVCI SEPT 23 BEADENRY (STRAWBERRY CANYON), ALAMEDA CO, CALIF. CAUGHT 7 IN MUS. & ACE'S BAITS WITH OLD PECANS + SET ON DRY WOODD HILLSIDE (N-FACING). TRAPS SET NEAR COBB OF BRUSH OR BRIAR CHUMPS OR BEDROCK LOGS. NONE TAKEN IN 15 TRAPS SET IN REDWOODS GROVE. 1 P. MANICULATS + 1 VERY YOUNG [illegible] PEROMYSCUS ALSO TAKEN LAST NIGHT. SEPT 24 CAUGHT 5 ON S-FACING SHADE - DRY WITH BAECHARIS + ARTEMESIA + OPEN ROCKY SPOTS OF EARTH. TRAPS WERE SET ALONG EDGES OF BUSHES TWO. 1 OF THESE WAS AN IMMATURE. ALSO 1 PEROMYSCUS CANIFERNICUS CAUGHT HERE. SEPT 26 STRAWBERRY CANYON, BEADENRY, ALAMEDA CO, CALIF. CAUGHT 5 ON EDGES OF BAECHARIS, POISON OAK + BLUEBERRY BUSHES ALONG N+E COOB OF BOTANICAL GARDENS 1 OF THEM IMMATURE + (1 JUST GOING INTO ADULT POWDER [illegible] BY ON BACK + HEAD, SIDES BROWNISH) 2 IMMATURES ALSO CAUGHT BESIDE BAECHARIS BUSH ON EDGE OF DRY THISTLE FIELD JUST E OF GROOVNS. 2 OF 3 OF THOSE MICE HAD NOT BEEN KILLED BY TRAP SPRINGING & HAD ORPHED TRAP 1 OR 2 FEET. ONE CAUGHT BY TAIL & FOUND DEAD IN TRAP HAD CUT STRING OF TRAP IN TWEE 5' OFF GROUND & DRAGGED IT AGOS.