S. B. Ruth 1968 Journal March 21 3 mi. E. Burnt Ranch, Hwy 299, Little Bidden Creek, Trinity Co., Calif. We arrived at this locality given to us by Bruce Berry at 1:00. Little Bidden Creek is marked by a sign beside the roadway. There is a pullout here. The creek is very steep and of modest size. At the roadway it passes under the road through two large pipes. Bessie and I donned hip boots and literally dred up the stream. Bruce had told us to bring a hoe to scrape through the fine rock talus and leaf litter at and within a short distance of the water level. I used my snake stick for scraping. At 1:10 I uncovered an Anides flavigunctatus under leaf litter beside and almost in the stream. It squirmed about rapidly trying to work its way into the loose rock and litter. Many small arthropods ted larval pleoptera and adult trichoptera are in the area. The arthropods are on the undersides of leaves at the waters edge. The creek is very rapid. At 1:15 an