Field notes, v574
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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 30 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Set along the margins of the willow thickets at the borders of the grass, we found 20+ shrewmice. There Viola put up while I prepared my victim—the Zapus. This day, Friday started with rain which increased in vigor till at 10:45 it was a veritable downpour. Our tent leaked—in such appropriate spots as, just above my sleeping bag and grip. After the deluge, the rain settled down to a steady shower, which stopped only at 3:00 PM. Late in the night, the rains began again, but Viola Memmler and I took advantage of the brief respite to set mouse and rat traps on the slope at the southwest corner of Russian Gulch State Park. He set the traps at elevation 200 ft. Viola set the rat traps for Wood Rats in groves of Bishop Pine, Cypress, Redwood, Alder and Douglas & Yew where there is a grassy slope. I set 23) Museum Special Mouse Traps along the margins of the grassy slope, 10'5" space apart. May 31 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Of the 23 Museum Special Mouse Traps set on the preceding night, only 2 had catches