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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.