Chattin' J. 1940 Itinerary 2 1/2 mi. SE Chinook, 10 ft, Pacific Co., Wash. Aug 15 (contd) Carex, 2 Microtus oregoni (caught in Xerophyllum on surface of ground). - 1 Aplodontia was caught in steel trap. - Weather today was clear with little dew in early morning. Sky clear with some wind. Aug 16 a.m. Picked up both mouse traps and steel traps. Mouse traps contained 1 Sorex trowbridgii; 1 Sorex bendirii (caught in excavated burrow beneath Carex), 4 Microtus oregoni and 2 Peromyscus & Sciurus douglasii was shot in Sitka spruce at 7:30 a.m. In forenoon we moved camp and crossed the Columbia river to Astoria. From Astoria we drove out U.S. highway 101 and turned off of highway 1 mi. to camp at the site "Old Fort Clatsop, 100 ft., Clatsop Co., Oregon. Aug 17 - a.m. Skinned specimens carried over from Aug. 16. p.m. Set out 11 steel traps in Aplodontia burrows. Set out 30 "museum specials" in heavy stand of Xerophyllum and Carex bordered by young alders. Traps were set about 4 yds. apart and were baited with walnuts. Vegetation was very thick and mat of decaying roots is present beneath the plants. Bracken and blackberry also are subdominants in