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Chatter, J.
1940
Itinerary
Murphy's Ranch, 3 mi W H Reyes Hill, Marin Co., Calif
for lunch. Returned about 3 p.m.
July 9 (continued)
to inspect traps and set more and
1 Hyplodontia was taken (prepared
by P. Hendrickson), (Benson, Hendrickson
and I set 13 traps in all at this
place. 2 gopher sets were made
on way back to camp. 30 more
snag traps were set out in boggy
ground in canyon bottom (soil
was wet and boggy here).
July 10
a.m. Trap lines were taken up. Catch was
as follows: In steel pets were taken 2 Sylviolaus
bachmani and 2 Hyplodontia (all taken in burrows)
Snag traps contained 1 Sorex vagrans and
2 Sorex townbridgii - 1 Neotrichas was taken
in edge and bunchgrass on boggy wet ground.
1 Thomomys bottae was taken in gopher sets.
p.m. Camp was broken and we moved to
5 mi. NNE Pt. Reyes Lighthouse, Marin Co., Calif.
which is grassy rolling hill country
at edge of ocean. Sand dunes covered
with lupine, grass and various fleshy
plants extend a short distance back from
the shore and the hills are covered
with bunchgrass, Carex and grass,
120 snag traps and 2 gopher sets were
placed so as to sample the various habitats.