Boulevard, JT 1941 6 May 20 Russian Duleke State Park, 40 ft., Mendocino Co., Calif. I mouse foot were caught. The grass was full of Microtus runways with fresh feces in them and freshly cut grass pieces. Traps were set in runways, but only facing in one direction. Feces were found one Two traps, one sprung and one unsprung. The Microtus caught was in the trap backwards. Along the edge of the grass & meadows of the meadow which are 1'-2½' tall, in a section of thickly growing sedge 3' tall, a large gray shrew as yet unidentified was caught. Another Peromyscus maniculatus was caught in some sort of brush as first two, but away from the creek banks on other side of meadow. All places of trapping very damp. Numerous rabbit trails threaded the sage and led out into and along edge of meadows. Feces in some of them. Think rabbits may have sprung some of the traps. After breakfast Jo and I hiked up North Trail to inspect the traps set for Aplodontia & moles, None sprung. Re baited one of the rat-traps from which bait had been eaten and set it in a new hole, But mole trap on home. Chloroformed and prepared gartner snake caught yesterday via the slit method and put away in formalin. Day was very warm reaching 99° F. in the skinning tent this afternoon after being 40° F. at 5 AM this morning. I progressively skinned off from 3 layers of shirt & jeans this morning to shorts down on the beach this afternoon. Jo, Fran & Vi collected invertebrates & algae at a ? tide, but