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Cogswell
1949
Peromyscus maniculatus
2
Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif.
Aug.15,16 - (see Journal for record of catch)
Aug.17 Caught 1 ad. F in trap set along old logging road
thru Redwood-x-Douglas Fir- Tawland Fir forest just a
short distance (see map) NE of N.end of highway bridge
across the lagoon. also, 1 young caught in trap set
on edge of small clearing in same forest.
Aug.20 French Camp, 3100 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif.
8 males, 6 females caught in line of 50
traps set across a dry grassy area and along
the border or just within the border of Douglas
Fir, Tanbark oak, Incense Cedar forest
around it. manzanita shrubs are occasional
and Bracken fern is common at this forest
border.
Aug.21 2 M, 2 F caught in same trap line, all of
them young.
aug.27 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 700 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif.
3 caught in line of 26 traps set on steep
N-facing slope under Maple-Alder forest (see
Journal p.93 for description of understory)
Sep.6 Red Mtn., 5300 ft., 14 mi. S Hayford, Trinity Co., Calif.
2 caught in line of 40 traps set along a dry
ravine & adjacent E-facing slope in open Jeffrey
Pine- White Fir- Incense Cedar woodland with
discontinuous thickets of Ceanothus cretatus,
C. cordulatus, or Arctostaphylos ? (petula?).
This race is very pale, a big contrast to those from
our previous camps. One specimen was saved (=101)