Cogswell 1949 Journal 50 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Aug. 8 Left Berkeley via Oakland Bay Bridge at 5:50 A.M., riding with Dr. O. P. Pearson in the MVZ Dodge truck. We drove via highway U.S.-101 thru San Rafael to Haldsburg (waited from 7:40 [illegible] 8:30 A.M.), thence to Whiiah [sic] Hellitts, stopping for lunch about 1 P.M. at Barberville, southern Humboldt Co. I watched the major plant formations enroute, & noted an ex- tensive area of mixture of "upper Sonoran" and "Transition" species in the pass N. of Cloverdale: Redwood, Douglas fir, black oak, madrone, Blue oak, Bruckeye, Quercus sp., marganita & Ceanothas. N. of Calepello (N. of Whiiah) yellow pines occurred first in islands surrounded by a sclerophyll forest which gradually becomes continuous, but with some madrone & Douglas fir then mixed in.. Birds noted in this portion of the Trip included: Turkey vulture, many; bard. tailed pigeon, 4 (S. of Taytonville); raven, 1 (on snag along river 5 mi. S. of Barberville); western king- bird, 1 adult feeding young at Hotel Bourbon (3 mi. S. Barberville). we After lunch continued on US-101 paralleling S. Fork of Eel River, thence thru Eureka & Arcata (stop for shopping) on to Patrick Pt. State Park, where we waited for a few minutes after 5:30 P.M. After Dr. Miller, who drove another car (bringing Gordon Sullivan & Keith Murray), had made arrangements with the Hammond Lumber Co. at Big Lagoon we drove on in, & made