Field notes, v642
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June Davis 1941. June 5 - June 12. June 13- June 15. June 16. In New York City, New York. At Harriman, Orange Co., New York. Left Harriman at about 8:15 a.m. Picked up Bob Store at South Orange. Drove to Baltimore via Pennsville Ferry. Then to Bowie, Md. where we went to the Patuxent Wildlife Research Refuge to see Don Tilletson. We were told that he had left for California the week before. Then drove to a point :- 5 mi. S Laurel, 150; Prince George's Co., Maryland. It was interesting to see the differences in veget- ation between this locality and near Harriman. Among the common trees were:- black gum (Nyssa sylvatica), liquidambar (Liquidambar styraciflua), red oak (Quercus rubra), tulip tree (Liriodendron tulipifera), short-leaf pine (Pinus echinata), Jersey pine (Pinus virginiana), and sugar maple (Acer saccharum), and post oak (Quercus stellata). Set out 15 traps. June 17. Tr Peromyscus leucopus in traps. Changed clothes and went to the U.S. National Museum in Washington. The three of us were very kindly received by Dr. Alexander Wetmore. He introduced me to Doris Cochran, Assistant Curator of Reptiles and Amphibians. Spent the morning examining the amphibians R.A. Sturton brought back from Salvador. Examined some Pana Prekosa. Dr.