Cogswell 1949 Journal 84 French Camp, 3100 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 24 (cont) Before 7:15 p.m., while it was still fairly light after sunset, a Horned Owl was heard from camp, & soon thereafter a Pygmy Owl also. (see species accounts) Aug. 25 I collected a Red-breated Sapsucker (= #63) and a Chickaree nearby (= Pearson, # in camp this a.m.. About 10:30 Bullion & Murray & I took the truck to investigate the road run. nning 5. along the ridge from Coyote Peak toward Heepa Mtn. The army topo map shows this road connecting with one in upper Redwood Creek valley which we hoped to reach. However, we found a locked gate across it about 1 mi. S. of Coyote Peak. The road is placed most of the way in open grass & bracken or along the border of oaks; and although only two tracks of dirt with grass or rocks between, it is easily negoti. able. At the gate we were, however, in a tongue of Douglas Fir forest which extends to the top of the ridge along a N1 NE facing slope. We looked under the bark & in crevices of down logs for Salamanders (see species accounts of Ensatina eschscholtzii, Ensidis fowrei). From 12:10 to 1:30 p.m. I walked past the locked gate along the road, which continues thru the forest, more oaks, & finally onto an open grassy prairie on the ridge top. The property here was posted by the "Stover Bros." Ranch buildings visible on the W. side of the ridge about 21/2 mi.