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Journal
26 Apr. Berkeley Hills, Alameda Co., Calif.
and captured 1 Coluber lateralis.
Captured during afternoon 5 Sceloporus
o. occidentalis and marked by
clipping toes and with colored
pencil. All lizards released.
Top of hill partially mapped as
part of special problem in
daily activities and movements of
Sceloporus. See species account
for details of area. Weather: bright,
sunny, clear with moderate
cool winds. Other animals noted:
Wren-tits, Bewick-Wrens calling from chaparral
slopes, Turkey Vulture soaring
overhead. Left area at 1700.
(4 Sceloporus o. occidentalis)
30 Apr. Study area boundaries revised
and entire area remapped, (see
that species. One new individual
marked. Tentatively it is thought
that all specimens within area
inhabit all parts of it. No movement
checked and recorded yet but several
individuals seen in several
separated areas. Wren-tits
calling from chaparral in canyons
during entire afternoon. A single
hawk, thought to be Sparrow
Hawk, observed 1800 hovering and
intermittently soaring in moderate
breezes over Hamilton Gulch. Assumed