S.B. Rath 1970 Journal 13 7 Feb 107 Amphibian collecting trip ½ mi. NE Elliott RR station, Santa Cruz Co., Calif. fair sized holes in it. I took several photographs of the pond area. The substratum of the Elliott area is a well compacted buff colored sandy loam. Most of it is firm with little or no loose sand on the surface and at the time of our visit most of it was damp. Mole burrows were common. Hill faces to the east and west of the pond are covered with coyote bush, bush lupin, sticky monkey flower and poison oak. Vegetation at the top of the NE slope consisted of the following plants: inter- nine oak (predominants), Douglas Fir (few), willows (in gully mentioned earlier), coast redwood (at least one), and extensive brush land. In the brushland