Field notes, v542
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Boulware, ST 1941 33 Sorex vagrans (Wandering Shrew) May 18 Russian Gulch, Mendocino Co., Calif. 1 ♀(?) trapped in forest of Pinus muricata, Pseudotsuga taxifolia, few Sequoia sempervirens; trunks average 10 feet apart; damp undergrowth of bracken, rhododendron, numerous unidentified shrubs. Specimen trapped at base of large P. muricata where is an opening amid dead pine needles, bracken, and twigs measured 5". Inside small hollow here hole about 1" diameter led into intricate system of runways in soft, damp humus at base of tree. Found in the runs a snail ( ), 2 salamanders (Batrachoreps ) - one 5" and another 1". Both salamanders coiled in circle in runway. Also found small isopods and worms and an Orthopteran resembling potato bug.