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Davis.
1940.
Aug. 4.
3 1/2 mi. e. and 5 mi. n. Yacolt, 500', Clark to., Wash.
rune of Microtus, and burrows were also found.
A swale of sedge cuts across the meadow, and 1 trap
line was placed along it. The other went out into
the meadow proper. Sibley saw one Microtus in the
glass, and said that it seemed smaller than the
Microtus townsendi we have been catching. The
holes also seem smaller than those of townsendi. We
ran 2 other lines across the road. Mine ran along the
edge of a dense thicket of Rubus sp. laciniatus, and un-
der fallen logs. Russell & Chatti collected 3 conies
at
Shot bats after supper, and
collected 1 Myotis evotis.
Aug. 5.
Ran trap line. 2 young + 1 adult Geomyscus, and
1 Sorex hoybridgii which I gave to Sibley. Skinned a.m.
Birds near trapline locality - House Wren, Western
Robin, Sparrow Hawk, Trail Flycatcher, Tree and Barn
Swallows, Yellow-throat, Redshafted Flicker, Russet-
lacked Thrush. Weather very hot. General impres-
sion of this area: Amphibia and reptiles - Garden
suckles are numerous, Gerrhonotus occasional,
Caneura very scarce, a few Rana canora + Bufo
torres, salamanders, more. Mammals - chipmunks
common, Aplodontia common in restricted areas,
Microtus, uncommon. Neotoma probably common
in abandoned cabins, which are hard to find.
Zapus, fairly common, Sorex Vagrans, common.
Sorex bendelii + Sorex hoybridgii uncommon.