J.D. Anderson 1958 Journal June 11 7 mi. W. Burney, 4300 ft., Shasta Co., Calif. spent along this creek looking for suitable breeding sites for Ambystoma. Found nothing at all. The meadow has no real standing water + I doubt that Ambystomas can breed in the path shallow fast moving stream. People at the Highway maintenance station at Hatchet Summit do not recall ever seeing a salamander in this area. They are here, of course but may not breed close by. Just before returning to camp I broke open a rotted log + found a microtine rodent - possibly Clethrionomys. The wood was rotten so as to lie soft as humus. The mouse had a runway system built through the wood. After supper in rained hard + heavy. Spent the evening skinning the mouse + the owl from previous night want to call about 11:15 in a very heavy rainstorm. June 12 7 mi. W. Burney, 4300 ft., Shasta Co., Calif. Up at 6 am. Everything dripping wet from last nights rainfall. After breakfast + walked across highway + then S W down a narrow canyon with an intermittent stream. Canyon begins at W end of the meadow mentioned above. Canyon soon runs E.W + stream becomes permanent. Heavy timber in bottom + low slope - almost entirely large Douglas Firs - quite like similar situations in Coastal Calif. Saw several