Cogswell 1949 Journal 94 3 mi. N. Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 27 (cont.) Understory nearly absent except for spindly Rhus diversiloba which becomes almost a thicket in the few openings in canopy of trees. Symphoricarpos? sp. noted in such spots toward top of ridge. The leaf litter under the Mallones is especially dry & crisp & makes walking very noisy. There was very little life evident in this habitat in late a.m. Vertebrate species seen or heard in this habitat are listed in the roster which follows the journal for our stay at the camp (#110). I collected one Pileated woodpecker*, 1 hairy woodpecker*, 1 western tanager*, and 1 Melospiza occidentalis (see species accounts). I left the 26 traps out on the line laid last night & extended it to a total of 31. Aug. 28 The catch in these traps was: 1 Neotoma fuscipes (young) 1 Catherionomys californicus (= #75) 2 Peromyscus maniculatus I spent most of the a.m. shinning, but walked up the road on the S.-facing slope of Coon Cr. Canyon (going NW from camp) as far as the point where it crosses into the Horse Tents Creek drainage. The forest on this slope is a mixture of Tan oak - Madrone - Douglas fir- Black oak, except for the last species being similar to type #2 described on p. 93. I noted