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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-