Boulware, ST 1942 45 Itinerary Apr. 7 Muddy Creek, 1000 ft., 1 mi. S Charles Canyon, Monterey Co., Calif. and 3 sprung without a catch. Animals caught: Peromyscus californicus, 2 (1 ♂ and 1 ♀); Peromyscus maniculatus, 3 (2 ♂ and 1 ♀); Peromyscus (either truei or boylii), 3 (2 ♂ & 1 ♀). 4) Meadowy tops, 1600 ft., small scattered shrubs of Artemisia californica and grass about 5-6 inches tall. 13 traps set; 14 Microles caught, The soil of this area is a soft, gravelly humus, rather reddish in color. In some places there is sandy gravel are patches of sandy surface gravel. Considerable areas of these hillside have been burned within the last year or so. This morning as we approached the flat, we saw a doe bound across the meadows. This afternoon in the brush of the flat we found a coyote skeleton, badly weather-worn, but with skull still in one piece and missing only a few incisors. Feces of cottontail rabbit are abundant through the brush. We saw several cottontails. We found abundant deer sign on the hill as well as in the flat, also several coyote scat. Mrs. Grinnell caught 4 gophers, 2 large and 2 small in the vicinity of our camp near the mouth of Muddy Creek. We got a late start in setting out traps tonight and it was dark before we had the last out and walked back from the flat. We heard a screech owl, but we saw no Dipodomys frisking along the road or in the bushes. -Apr. 8: [Happy Birthday to me!] We overslept a little this morning, had breakfast, and started up after our traps about 7:30 AM. As we eating breakfast, Viola & I thought we felt a