Field notes, v656
Page 313
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Erickson 1935 7 mi. north of Crescent City and vicinity Del Norte Co., Calif. sand in open, short grass and dried up yellow clover. 3;30 p.m. took up sets near auto camp; one in set in pea patch, others touched, looked at sets 1.4 miles north of Fort Dick, took one female in set in loam, drove through Smith River to California - Oregon boundary. Gopher workings abundant in fields on either side of highway. Five sets made. Strip about 200 yds. wide of gray sand back of beach, then rise of 25 ft to flat field, which is succeeded by low hills. Sets made in flat field; soil, chocolate brown loam, slightly reddish, a little gravel; plants - grass, a composite similar to the dandelion, plantain, small yellow and red clovers, cover about 6-10 inches high. On return trip looked at traps 2.2 miles north of Fort Dick; one set filled in, female in one; took up all sets at this location. Night Hawks over head. June 7. Made four settings in hay field and natural pasture near auto camp. Took up sets 1.4 miles north of Fort Dick. Took two in sets in loam, three in two sets in sand, ♂ 504 and ♀ 507 in same set. At California - Oregon boundary set made a new set in gray sand at eastern edge of strip along beach; two gophers taken in original sets, one fille in met other untouched. By noon gopher taken in set made in sand, others untouched, taken up. Owner of auto camp and "Old Timer" report that county went broke paying 5 cent bounty on gophers; Indians collected them anywhere, including Oregon, and turned them in; also no-