Field notes, v574
Page 187
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Crowley 1942 Journal May 26 Cedar Grov, S Fork King R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. Party of six - Mr. Dixon, Ida de May, Frances Ogilvi, Jen Breach, Marie Aidan and me- set 200 traps in Zumwalt Meadows. Each of us except Mr. Dixon had 27 Muscan Special Mouse Traps and 3 rat traps. Mr. Dixon set 51 traps. I caught 1 Oeronymus- cas truci in a trap set just below the talus slope at the point end of the meadow between an alder and a huge rock. 19 Micratus, was caught in my traps set at the west end of the meadow, ten feet from the alder, beneath a rose bush. There was considerable grass around. Of the rest of its traps, ten more were set at the west end of the meadow (Grand about the alders). Four were set just below the talus at the east end of the meadow. Eleven were set in the willow thicket between the two traps which caught the animals. None of the other mouse traps caught any- thing. A rat trap set in the willow-thicket mouse also caught nothing. Two of the rat traps had been sprung. After collecting our traps we ate lunch at the east end of the meadow. We crossed the bridge (suspension) over the South Fork of King R. to the opposite bank to hunt lizards. The same flock of Purple