Field notes, v574

Crowley, Josephine

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UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA MUSEUM OF VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY Vol. 241

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Crowley, J. Russian Gulch State Park Mendocino Co., Calif. May - June 1941

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J. Roney 1941 May 17 Pescue Gulch State Park Mendocino Co. Calif. 50ft 1. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 18.6gm 170-85-16-16 2. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 18.1gm 170-74-17-15 May 18 3. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 18.9gm 180-80-18-15 4. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 19.3gm 172-80-17-14 5. Triturus sp. 135 6. ? hamophilis sp. 475 May 19. ? ? fox? sp.? ? pacificus? w+ 5.6gm 125-55-15-5-3 8. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 21.9gm 190-80-20-17-14 9. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 13.5gm 164-75-19-17-15 May 20 10. ♂ Sorex pacificus t+ 18.6gm 140-59-17-7-5 11. ♂ Zapus orarius t+ 22.5gm 231-131-31-15-14 12. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus t+ 17.7gm 172-179-19-18-17 May 21 13. ? Sorex vagrans t+ 5 gm 162-39-11-4-3

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J Crowley 1941 May21 14 ♂Neotrichus gibbii wt 10.8 gm 105-37-15- 15.?Sorex sp. w t 5.3 gm 127-63-14-6-4 16♂Peromyscus maniculatus wt 26.2 gm 176-81-21-17-15 17. ♂Peromyscus maniculatus w t 22.9 gm 167-73-21-18-16 18.♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 17.3 gm 182-85-19-9-15 May2219.no Thomomys bottae wt 38.8gm 162-42-22-3-2 May2430? T tulus torreus 21. ♂Zapus orarius w t 23.3 gm 232-135-32-15-14 22♂Neotrichys gibbii wt 12 120-16- 23 ♀ Peromyscus californicus w t 19.6 gm 173-82-20-20-19 May2524.Sorex vagrans (?) w t. 4.3 gm 105-47-13-10-7 25. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus w t. 17.9 161-79-20-16-14 American Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif Elev 200 ft May2626♀ Zapus orarius. wt. 27.1 gm 221-122-33-13-12 27♀Neotoma fuscipes wt 244.2 gm 408-263-41-34-32

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J. Crowley 1941 May 26 28 ♀ Oryx vagrans wt 5.9 gm 12.5-53-14-10-9 29. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 22.3 gm 188-92-21-18-16 elev 200 ft. May 27 30 ♀ Oryx pacificus wt 8.7 gm 129-59-15-10-9 31. ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt. 22.1 gm 188-198-19-8-17-16 32 ♂ Merrius californicus - immature wt 13.6gm 33 91-23-17-12-10 33 Thyra regilla - young Total L = 38 mm 34. ♀ Merrius californicus wt 10.3 gm 99-22-18-9-8 elev. 450 ft. May 28 35 ♂ Oryx vagrans wt. 5.8gm 124-55-14-9-8 36 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus wt. 21 178-82-22-21-18 37 ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt. 20 164-78-21-19-18 38 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus 12.15gm 148-73-21-18-14 May 29 39 ♀ Merrius cf? wt 60 gm 155-43-20-16-15 40. ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 22.2gm 181-83-21-21-19 41 ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus wt 20.4 gm 177-88-22-18-16

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D. Crowley 1941 Russia Gulch, State Park, Mendocino Co., California May 30 42 Zapus varius wt 24.8 gm 214-128-31-15-14 n c 43 Oronyctes maniculatus wt 22.7 gm 147-55-19-19-16 44 Oromyces maniculata wt 23 gm 178-89-21-15-17 n c May 31 45 Zapus pacificus wt. 9.3 115-49-15-12-9 June 1 46 Sorex vagrans wt 5.3gm 108-50-12-9-7

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D. Amey 174/7 List of Species: Birds June 1 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California 1. Baird's Coromorant 2. California Creeper 3. Oliv-sided Flycatcher 4. Oregon Guillemot. 6. Allan Hummingbird 6. Band-tailed Oregon 7. Russset-backed Thrust. 8. Spotted Towhee 9. California Woodpecker Amphibia 1. Triturus torosus 2. Hyla regilla Mammals 1. Microtus sp? 2. Neotoma fuscipes 3. Neurotrichys gibbsii 4. Peromyscus maniculatus 5. Sorex paranvus 6. Sorex Vagrans 7. Thomomys bottae 8. Zapus varianus

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J Crowley 1941 List of Species: Trees and Shrubs. May 21 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co. Calif. Pinus muricata - Bishop Pine Abies grandis - Lowland Fir Tsuga heterophylla - Coast Hemlock Pseudotsuga taxifolia - Douglas Fir Lithocarpus densiflorus - Tan Oak Alnus rubra - Red Alder Rhamnus ilicifolia - Cascar Sagrado Acer macrophyllum - Big-leaf Maple Sequoia sempervirens - Coast Redwood Sambucus racemosa - Scarlet Elderberry Corylus rostrata - Calif. Hazel Umbellularia californica - Calif. Laurel Vaccinium ovatum - Calif. Huckleberry Prunus spectabilis Salmon Berry Oregon Grape Hazel.

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Crowley 1941 May 7, Crescent City State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. List of Species: Herbaceous 1. Iris macrophylla burdigi Jepson 2. Gaultheria shallon Pursh Dales 3. Clentonia andrewsiana 4. Trillium ovatum 5. Vancoveria parviflora 6. Kalis regana 7. Viola parmenterea (ocellata) 8. Erythronium revolutum - Adder's Tongue 9. Aquilegia tracyi - Columbine 10. Dicentra formosa Bleeding Heart 11. Kuckera D Alum root (100 ft.) Tolmiea (50 ft.) 12. Polystichum munitum - Sword Fern 13. Athyrium filix-femina - Lady Fern 14. Gymnosporangium triangulare - Gold backed Fern 15. Adiantum Five fingered Fern 16. Lomaria specant Deer Fern 17. Brueck 18. Miner's Lettuce 19. Bell-straw 20. Verbena Santa Paintbrush One drop

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J. Crowley 1941 May 16 Journal Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California. 1. Route of Travel: Our group of five women: Mrs. Brunnell, Jean Boulware, Viola Mumm- ler, Frances Track and me, in one car, with Dr David Johnson driving the equipment truck left Berkeley at 6:45 AM (about) for Mendocino Co. We took the Ferry from Richmond to Son Raphael and followed Highway 101 to Cloverdale. There we took Highway 28 up to place where road meets the ocean, and there we had lunch. En route on Highway 28 we saw our Coast Redwoods, Tan Oaks and such birds as Turkey Vulture - summer visitors, gulls and Red-winged and Sparrow Hanks. The Turkey Vultures were found near the river, above grassland. They were seen mostly in groups of three to five, circling about the ground up 500 ft or more. We drove from our lunching place to Van Damme Beach; thence to Russian Gulch Na- tional Park where we decided to camp. At 6:30-7:00 PM, Dr Johnson took mouse traps, walnut-bait, and three of us (Frances, Viola & myself) west of

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Monday 1941 May 16 Journal Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California conducted laid a trap line along the edge of the bank of the creek. The traps (Malyn's?)

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal. May 17 Passaic Butte State Park, Mendocino Co., California. At 5:00 A.M our party arose, had breakfast. Then Franco, Viola and Jean accompanied Dr. Johnson to our trapsites, and returned with 12 specimens which we skinned and prepared. McEnroe - had the ranger, contributed a Peromyscus maniculatus to our collection. Dr. Johnson departed with supply truck for the University of Cal[if.] at 3:00 P.M. Franco and Jean set off for the hill to the north to set traps while Viola and I took the road leading east into the ravine. He collected such species as were enumerated on May 16 account plus Lemmus trimucronatus, Clethrionomys, Umbellulana (see species list). Also one Amphibious - Triturus sp. After dinner - at 7:00 P.M. Viola and I set our trap lines, east of camp this time, in same habitat Dr. Johnson had set his traps in. Weather conditions highly unpredictable: bright sunshine in morning and middle of afternoon with sudden violent showers at irregular and unknown intervals.

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May 18 Journal Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California. Our party had breakfast at 6:00 am after which Viola and I picked up our traps, in museum spirits, [illegible], finding 8 individuals: 1 sheet / 3 juveniles, and 6 Perreyous moniculus. We set 25 traps on May 17 a.m.: 8 hits, 4 traps sprung with no catch and 13 with no luck at all. The Zapas was a new species for our party. Frances and Jean picked up their traps where they had put them - about the hill above (north) of camp. We secured our morning till 12:00, then continued in the afternoon. Mrs. Gurnell, Frances and Viola walked up the hill to the north while Jean and I continued our work. Mr Englishard, the ranger contributed a large (475mm) garter snake to our collection. I chloroformed this with Triton also one I had picked up the day before, then slit both of the ventral side and placed them in the jar of formalin, with Tag. After the rest of our party returned, Viola and I took our trapping farther east from camp than we had on May 17. After dinner we read up on mammals and keyed down plants, or wrote journals.

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J Crowley 141 Journal May 19 Russian Gulch State Park Mendocino Co. California. At 6:30 Viola and I collected our traps, finding 1 shrewmole, 2 small shrew, 1 bird, and 4 Peromyscus maniculatus. He had set 23 traps in the night before, cought 11, rod four sprung with mouse and the rest were empty and unsprung. The bird was found on the outer fringe of a thimbleberry thicket, about 15 yards from the creek, in dense growth which it had apparently fought against as it was killed. The trap had caught it across its tibias so its wings were free. Apparently flies were lying about and the nest material about was disarranged; the bird had struggled to fly away. Our shrewmole was found 2-3 feet off the road in a thick et (at outer fringe of i.e.) thimbleberry, fern and tall grass beneath an alder tree, and elderberry. The situation was very damp, about 10 yards from the stream. The moles were found in traps set near the road -- one on the underside of a large log. I caught a Zapusa much like our former one but the head had been eaten off so we didn't save the remains. Mrs Grinnell identified the bird as a Dusky.

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J. Crowley 194. Journal May 19 Russen Gulch State Park, Mendocino, Calif. backed through. Jean led me up the hill to the north, through redwoods, Bishop's Juno, and Red Alder to a pygmy forest of cypress at the top of the hill. Just before reaching the crest of the hill we passed some pink rhododendron which were growing in great 15-20 foot high shrub. The pygmy forest dried out and a sort of chaparral grew up was occupied the crest of the hill. After returning to camp, we prepared our catch from the night before. I mislaid one of our Peromyscus so reduced our net result by one. At 4:00 p.m. France, Viola and I walked down to the beach open coast with sandy beach. Our particular section, directly next Low Camp is a little Cove surrounded on the north & south by high cliffs, covered front to the water level by Bishop's Juno, Douglas fir, Red Alder and rock plants in all of Hummingbird was darting about the flowers in the rocks. Turkey Vultures were soaring overhead and Violet Swallows were erratically zoooping over the bridge. At 7:15 we set 23 traps w/ F 1 camp.

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 20 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino, Cal., elev. 40 ft. Museum Special Of 23 traps set, in some habitat—that of May 16th—10 traps had catches, one was sprung, and one was cleaned of bait but unsprung. Animals caught were: 3 Diers— mycure squiculata, 3 Zapus Pacificus, [illegible] profuse 14 Sora [illegible] and 2 g Donx vagionis. At 1:30 France, Viola and I went to the beach where we identified such invertebrate as Littorina, Thais, a moosy green lim, Puzzle Shore Crab. We saw Violet’s great Swallows, Turkey Vultures, a Crescent-backed Thrush, near the ocean. At 7:00 France and I set 51 traps east of camp in riparian habitat along the creek around alders, thimble berry and elderberry.

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J Crowley Journal May 21 Pescion Bald State Park Meadow C, Calif. Results of trapline set on preceding night were: 5 Sorex pacificus, 5 Sorex sp. (?), 11 Oecomys monomachus, 3 Neurotrichus gibbsii (total 24/8?) Francis and I prepared 18 of total catch, discarded 2 Peromyscus, 1 shrew mole, ? others. 8 traps were sprung with bait gone but no catch. On preceding night in meadow just past of our camp, near the creek and just to north thumbleberry shrubs, we found a Zapus varius caught and struggling in our second trap. The animal struggled free and escaped before we could capture it. On thoughts of May 21 as we didn't set a trapline once we planned to dig gophers near the ocean on the next day.

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J Crouly Journal May 22 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co Calif. At 7:00 A.M. we set out to dig gophers. We set four traps between our camp and the beach, then walked along the shoreline northward from the Russian Gulch Bridge. We saw mole and gopher digging all the way along the grassy cliffs above (500 ft above) the ocean. I saw a cloud rabbit and heard a meadowlark when we first started along the cliffs. At the edge of the cliff just at its end (north) of our track we saw a white-crowned Sparrow, very large, with a shorter wing than the Mustell and sent an angry short 'tup' for alarm not a Hen bit was identified as it hopped about the bushes. A new bird - curlew-like was seen flying like a bullet above the surface of the water. It was jet black with a long slender neck, long pointed wings, short tail, and white feathers on its under-surface - and on the base of its tail. We also saw a young Calif. gull - out dark gray plumage, also an adult Cal. gull; some Warblers (?) and Purple Finch. We climbed down to the rocks near the

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J Crawley 14/1 Journal May 22 Russian Gulch State Park Mendocino, Calif. water and found a wealth of invertebrate life: Stone Grouper, Shrimp, Barnacle, Jemmy, Lempets, mussels, clams, Dos pods, Purple Shore Crab, a sea palm growth, seaweed, and a beautiful pea green Sea Anemone. We left the ocean and returned to the cliff. A Meadowlark flew about to the pond and fed in it's mouth. It distracted our attention from the nest, I assume, by uttering its song, then an alarm note, then flying wildly about the grassy cliff. We searched for its nest but were unable to find it. We returned to our traps but found no gophers. One of the traps had been covered over with dirt, but was unspoiling. Mrs. C. Engelhardt, the ranger's wife, donated a Pocket Gopher to our collection, which I put up. The gopher in front of our camps were also caught, alive, so we are keeping him, alive.

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J. Crowley 14/1 Journal May 23 Russian Gulch State Park Mendocino Co., Calif. (Mrs. Brownell, D. Wemmer, J. Gilmore & I) We hiked - starting at 8:00 AM - eastward 2 1/2 mile through the canyon to the falls at the east end of the camp in the State Park. En route we noted Columbine, Five- fingered Fern, and Deer Fern. We also acquired 4 Driurnes (species?) from the camp path through the redwoods to the fall. The Driurnes were all small specimens, unoubtedly the young of this year. Above the falls we saw a small gray squirrel in an alder tree with a nut (?). He hiked inward from the falls heading toward the top of the north slope of the canyon. We reached the pine barrens after a well uphill of about 1 1/2 miles. The tree through which we walked may be for 'fire mice'. In the pine barrens we saw a Hudson Vireo, a Seewet Xreny, 108-2 od Band tailed Pigeon's. Viola and Jean collected the traps set on logs in the forest for chip- munks and found 2 chipmunks in them.

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 24 Queen City State Park, Mendocino Co., Cal. At 5:15 A.M., V. Mummles, J. Prock, J. Bulwer and I went to the rocky sea- shore west of camp to collect invertebrates, at foot of cliffs. I collected 3 types of Chitons which are as yet unidentified, some pereword (chewer), a Suis sp., Strongyocentrotus, limnea, mussel, barnacle, squirts, and peculiar rice-grain like things, possibly egg-cells of some marine life. He identified 2 new bird--Oregon, Guellmot & Baird Cornwells. At 8:30 Viola and I collected our traps. Of 24 at it caught before, in riparian habitat east of camp in open grassy places mostly, we had 7 catches: 103 Zapus, 2 Peromyscus maniculatus, 103 Sorex vagrans, 3 shrew moles - 1 eaten up, 1 g., 103. I put up 1 of the Peromyscus, the o-shrew mole and the Zapus. At 5:00 PM Viola and I set 23 traps for east of camp at end of camping grounds. The area was riparian habitat, fenced redwoods, in very damp situation - in heavy bed of red- wood needles. The place was studded with insects, nettle and gloom.

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 25 Pismo Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. elev. 75 ft. Of the 23 traps set on preceding night 5 had catches - 2 Peromyscus maniculatus, 1 Sorex vagrans, 1 Sorex pacificus, 1 immature Peromyscus maniculatus (?). One trap had been sprung, but was gone and a face was left in the trap. After collecting our traps from the riparian habitat in the redwoods, Viola and I obtained such plants as sword fern, lady fern, gold-back fern, deer fern, five fingered fern, hound's-tongue, Vancouveria, Columbine, bleeding-heart, 2 kinds of alum-root, bed-straw. We put up our animals. At 4:00 we walked westward to a meadow on the point west side of the State Park just above the highway and bridge. He set 24 Museum special mouse traps along the edges of the meadow where it met such bordering trees as hound's-tongue, willow, alders and low wet berry shrubs. He set 4 rat traps in a dense thicket of alder oaks where we saw of a wood rat nest.

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J Crowley 1941 Journal May 26 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Of 24 traps set on preceding night, 6 mouse traps had catches, 9 were spring, 3 of the rest which traps had catches. The mouse traps had been set along the margins of a meadow 200 ft elevation, by conifers, alders and blackberry bushes, had a live Zapus which I killed. The other traps were set along an old road which was densely overgrown with Thimbleberry and Black- berry, grass and alder trees. Three traps had 2 shrews - Sorex pacificus, and vagrans; 2 Perognacus maculatus - (Proto Memmle's?), / of, / g. I had set 4 rat traps. One of them - at just beside the old road beneath & Douglas fir - contained the remains of a Dusky footed Woodrat - just the fur and parts of the skin - postery track. E evidently some hungry or small animal had gotten to our traps before we did. The other 2 rat traps which had catches contained 2 g wood rats - / mature, / immature; The immature was found 20 feet from the rest near an alder tree. Its abdomen has been slightly gnawed at - possibly by the same or the same sort of animal

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J Crowley Journal May 26 Russian Yulek State Park, Mendo Co., Calz which ate the first wood rat. The mature female was found 10 ft. from the same nest. The 2 nests were found almost directly opposite each other on opposite sides of the road. Viola put up the mi- mates of Woodrat, 2 Peromyscus with the Sorey pacificus. I put up the 9 wood rat, 1 Peromyscus and the Sorey vagran. May 27 Russian Yulek State Park, Mendo Co., Califclev 20 ft of 5 rat traps set on preceding night on pine south west margin of park trees, 200 ft elevation. I had a wood rat in it, 1 was sprung, and 1 had a Peromyscus maniculatus in it. The latter trap was set where we had found the re- mainis of a dusty-fur'ded Wood Rat on the preceding morning. The second Trap - wut no catch, was set where we had caught the immature and mature (CD) Memmler & S) of Wood rats on May 26. We had set a trap further along the old, overgrown front or road on the point canyon where lies the state park. This Trap con- tained a g wood rat. He set some mouse traps - Museum Specials along the road also; but caught nothing. He had set the rest of our 23 mouse traps

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J. Crowley 1941 2 Journal May 27 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. about ½ mile east of the ocean; past a grassy slope, in a grove of pine trees (Bishop pine). Along the margins of the pine grove were heavy bushes and dense grass. While walking westward up the slope from our old road where our first traps were, I captured a miniature Syla - clean, bright green, 30 mm. long - which was struggling through the grass of the middle of the meadow. He set the rest of our mouse traps and 2 more of the rat traps in the pine grove. Here I saw another of the green frogs; this one evidently an adult, hopping in a very fashion from blade of grass to blade of grass. He saw the sunset from our hilltop - a red-sky-at- night which forecast a pleasant to - morrow. Since May 23, weather has been overcast. On night of May 25, heavy rains broke the bad weather and faint beams of sunshine filtered through a blue-gray sky on May 26. May 27's noon was clear, cool and sunny. He collected our traps - 1g Wild Rat, 10 C. mysos maniculatus, 1 Sorex pacificus; 4 mouse traps & 1 rat spring

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 27 Russian Yule State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. 1:30 PM of a bright sunshine day with a cool wind blowing, I was sitting up my sleeping bag at a table near camp when I heard a squeaking from the grass just 5 feet from me. I turned, searched for its source with my eyes and saw a snake sliding through the grass with a little whist who was squeaking frantically mouse in its jaws. The garter snake was about 1 1/2's ft long, the mouse about 5 inches long. I yelled to Mrs. Grennell who came to grab the snake. I did so, ran to her with the snake dangling from my hand and the mouse - still squeaking - dangling from the snake. She took the mouse while an - other girl took the snake. I ran for the chloroform jar. While attempting to stuff both predator and prey - the latter now silent and probably dead - into the chloroform jar - Mrs Grennell held the mouse whose nose was still in the grip of the snake which was attempting to throw a coil about the mouse's body. I held onto the tail of the snake to prevent it throwing a coil about. The snake released the mouse suddenly and I was left grasping the tail. Idea clumps fool I

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J Crowley 1941 4. Journal May 27 Queen Gill State Park Mendocino Co., Calif. dropped the snake which quickly slid ed under the table. Since the mouse was dead and Mrs Grunell held it, I couldn't love that part of the collection; and chloroformed it. I put it up in formalin since the nose was so cut and torn - probably due to our pulling the two apart - that it could not be put up. I also prepared the little green frog I had captured on the preceding night in the meadow or grassland south west of camp. Following this, I skinned a small Meri- tes while Viola Memmler skinned a very much smaller Petrodontops which had been donated to us by Mr. and Mrs. Englehardt, the ranger and his wife. At 3:45, Viola Memmler and I walked from camp eastward through the canyon to the circle at the end of the road, then took an old, unused road which leads through a stand of alders. We followed the road for 1 1/2 miles through Douglas fir, Ponderosa pine, Juniper and Sequoi a. We found two red alder down near the creek which ran 30 ft about below the road. We turned back - the

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J Crowley 1941 5 Journal May 27 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. road showed no signs of ending, just became more impassable. After dinner we set out 23 Museum Special mouse traps west of camp, 12 pairs apart mostly on the north side of the road about 300 yds in yellowes from the creek. We set a few wire- Desman habitat along the margin of meadow. May 28 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. of 23 mouse traps set on preceding night 8 had catches: 1 set on the north side of the road had a [illegible] Spring, 2 set there had manculatus (0-) Peromyscus californicus. Another [illegible] vagrans was found with other ½ of our 23 traps - the one set along the creek; 4 of the other traps set in Desman habitat had D. manculation. Before preparing our catch, V. Memmler and I went down to the 7:00 mouse hole to collect invertibrates. He got several species of Aemna, [illegible], other snails, Fairy Chiton, Leather Chiton, lined Chiton. He prepared specimens till 4:35 at which time Viola Memmler and I looked east through the canyon to the circle and took the South Trail along the quiet can- yon wall back toward the ocean.

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J. Cronk 1941 2 Journal May 28 Crescent Ditch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. I found that the trail ascended west- ward halfway to the ocean, then dropped from suddenly to emerge from the Dense redwood, Douglas Fir, and Sequoia to the creek which runs through the bottom of the canyon. The trail ended at its westernmost point just below i.e. camp. After dinner (we) returned from our hike at 6:05 PM) we Cord a trapline of 23 traps west of camp in the same habitat as that of preceding night. The weather today was pleasant, warm, but slightly clouded and misty at 10:00. Then it cleared rapidly for the after- noon. May 29 Crescent Ditch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Of the 23 Mexican Species Grape scorpion preceding night 6 had activities. 2) Mammals and 1 found 1 Meratus sp? in the middle of a grassy meadow just 40 ft from the creed. We also found along the margin of a tumble weas, bushes - 50-60 ft from creek 1 immature g Peromyscus monicalus, 1 () (immature) P. maniculatus, 1 adult q and 1 adult > Peromyscus maniculatus, 1() Perithodotomy s calotis (sp?), 5 of our

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 29 Pescini Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Cal. Elev. 35 ft. 23 mouse traps were sprung. The traps were set on an average of 10 feet apart. We prepared our specimens and also fielded 3-2 Peromyscus and 1 shrew-Mrs. Dunwell had trapped. V. Memmler also fielded a zopher, 7 Black headed trapped. I put up the Microtus and 2 Peromyscus. The 9 Microtus had 6 21-mm. embryos, which I placed in a glass jar, labeled. At 2:00 or slightly after V. Memmler and I came the creek just east of our camp and took the Court Trail southward to its first fork. We found that this trail connects with the pine grove above the grassy slope where I caught the little green frog on May 25. We retraced our steps through the Pine grove, then through dense broken fir, except high. Then we went through mixed, pine, Douglas fir, Redwood and Lowland Fir. Photo-hemndrons grow there too. (Oh-at 2:45 while first coming up the first fork-still in the mixed forest, we saw a California Woodpecker perched on Lowland Fir, one of the small bare branches close to the trunk; he was uttering piercing cries,

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 29 Queen Creek State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. like a ghost ring of a door bell.. It had a black body, mostly, but with streaks about the sides of his head, and a & red nap or crown - difficult to distinguish which. Continuing with our retracing -- we hiked back to the first fork of the South Trail and took the route eastward which we had first found on May 28. We fol- lowed this to its first barnyard fence -- under which we went. On the other side of the fence we stopped to inspect a Young Tunga and a young Sequoia. Our attention was drawn by hammering to a California Woodpecker high up in an old Douglas Fir. It hammered vigorously, then looked away to rest, repeated action. Then it worked out from near trunk to near end of branch, then flew near trunk and hung upside down while it hammered at lower part of its limb. Then it swooped up from the limb and dove down into the grove of Redwood and firs. Vicki and I continued our walk to the next fork of the South Trail. We took a path which widened into an old wagon & road. This all through pines to

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 29 (Queen's Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif.) A sort of cemetery-like grassy slope - the charred stumps of old lowland fir and redwoods interspersed with the young green growth surrounded the grassy spots. In the middle of the slope was an old log cabin (with) still inhabited. Vids northward and I walked through 2-3 meadows before reaching the one where we had set traps on May 25 - and where I had crossed the ridge and caught the green frog. The return to camp by way of an old trail just above the road which runs through the bottom of the canyon. After dinner we laid a trapline of 23 Museum Special Traps, 5-10 paces apart, just west of Camp 27 in the meadows. It set for Microtus, pine vole and caught one as the preceding night. May 30 Queen's Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Of 23 traps set on previous night 13 had captures: It caught a (a) Zoophis oaricus in trap #58 ft from the creek in the middle of a grassy meadow. The animal was still alive so I used the Dickinson technique of delivering the fatal blow - the back of my hand laid sharply across the animal's neck and chest. In other traps - these

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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

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J. Crowley 1941 Journal May 31 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino, California Both shrews - one g long vagians, 1 or Sorex pacificus! The last trap I had set in a Muro- two runnway where I saw an animal flat out on the night before (May 30). This trap was sprung and the bait was gone. Another trap was sprung also, and bait was gone. The two shrews were found beneath bushes in very during lamp places. The rain had begun again; the night so the grass was drenched and sowwe we by the time we had collected our first trap. No Wood Rat were obtained either. The remains (gorg) of one were found in anywhere of a trap; the trap was sprung, but no catch. I put up the Sorex pacificus. In the afternoon Viola Mammiler and I walked to the beach to watch birds. He saw 1 Oyster Catcher and 1 king- fishes. At 3:45 we stopped in Mendocino city, at the larger of the 2 grocery stores of that town. At 6:30, Jean Coulware, Viola Mammiler and I took 2 sleeping bags and the 49 Museum Special Mouse Traps up to the pine- barrane atop the north slope of the canyon, set the traps. Viola and Jean stayed the night beneath the pines while I returned to camp at 7:30 after setting the traps down on a old wagon road, in mud under buckhlebry

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J. Crowley Journal 5 May 31 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. elev 30 ft. Chrysopeia; Rhododendron; Labrotus? Dec. The traps were set on both sides of the road, 10-15 space apart. June 1 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. at 5:45PM I hiked up to the pine barren to rejoin Paula and Jean. He picked up the traps - getting a grand total of 2 animal: 1 Serix vagrime (g.) and 1 Peromyxene ed. maniculates. Jean captured an adult fly? while picking up the traps. After we put up our catit, we hiked west to the circle, then upto the pine barren on a farewell tour of our canyon.

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J. Cowley 1941 Triturus torosus May 17 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., California 5:00 pm One individual found in road leading east through runic where lies Russian Gulch State Park. Road runs through tall, very slender, and very numerous red alders which are surrounded at the base by ferns and small unidentified (as yet) herbaceous plants. The spot where Triturus sp. was found was still puddly from the recent rain that day. The ground was soaked and trees were dripping. Triturus was very rough skinned, in terrestrial condition. Had dark brown - black back, bright yellow orange underparts. Was slowly moving southeast toward the creek. But this seems too late for breeding season. Possibly Triturus was just wandering about on the wet, north slope of the canyon. Observed in female. May 24 Very small Triturus found in road leading to falls at east end of canyon.

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J. Croulby 1941 Xyla regelea Maydo Museum; Yuba State Park, Mendoano Co., Calif. Elevation 200 ft. On grassy slope above bridge, on immature monoculture, green frog found, straggling north- ward over mountainous particles of dirt and ridges of grass. June 5-30 PM? a cold night. At top of slope in zone of Bishop Pine, at base of very bushy in 1 ft. tall grass, adult frog was seen.

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J Crowley 1941 Bald Cormorant May 22 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co. Calif. At beach, beyond rocky cliffs, large black bird seen flying like bullet above water, with its head and long neck stretched straight out. White patches on its flanks. Flew straight along above water about 4-8 feet then alit in water May 24 Same bird seen. Looks somewhat like loon. Differs from Regem Guillemot (also black water bird) in flight—Cormorant's flight is slower, more gliding.

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J Crowley California Creeper May 14 Quercus Gold State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elevation 200 ft. near pygmy forest of Cypress on north slope of canyon. Brownish bird about size of White-breasted Nut-hatch seen on Douglas fir; flew to Cinnis marcata. Horked around and around the trunk of the tree in spiral fashion, always upward. Flew closer to another pine and its markings became visible - white ves-miculations down a brown back. Slender body and slender rather long bill. Song was warbling then and sweet.

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J. Crowley 1941 Olive-sided Flycatcher June 1. Preserved Gold State Park, Mendocino Co., California. In June barrens atop north slope seen ym at 6:30, bird noted on very peak of bare gray-like old Cone. Turned head from side to side, made foray, then re- turned to perch. Body looked grayer on back, lighter gray on breast.

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J. Cronley 1941 Gegem Gullenost May 24 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. 5:45 AM Black bird with white wing patches and more rapid wing beat than that of the Baird's Cormorant seen flying above water. Proportions of body were different also - wings larger in proportion to body, body smaller than that of Cormorant.

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J. Crowley Allum Hummingbirds May 19 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. 4:15 PM on road to beach, just west of Ranger's cabin Individual seen just beneath alder and just above till grass, emitting buzzer note. 4:30 PM at beach, hummingbird seen feed- ing on flowers on clifffe. Flock of red-wing violet; green body, rust tail.

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J. Cromley Bandtailed Pigeon May 22 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elevation 200 ft. In pine barren at top of north slope of canyon, a flock of 100 or more pigeons were occupying the Carya muricata. At this same birds had been noted above our camp. Appearance is so: large-gray-bodied birds, with small heads on slender necks, like domestic Pigeons. Band or tail is noticeable when birds spread tail in alighting on trees.

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J Crowley 1941 Rusty-backed Thrush May 19 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. 7:00 A.M. 1/2 mile from beach at edge of road leading east through canyon, 25 yards from creek, at margin of thimble brush brush and grassland. One individual caught by hand Tuba in Museum specie mouse traps. Apparently it had strug- gled to free itself for the wings were wrapped about the bases of the tiny bushes and 2 feathers (one bone) soft down were lying on the ground. She looked about the size, or slightly larger than, a hermit thrush, with a rust brown look, whole but rust streaked breast. Habitat riparion.

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J. Crowley 1941 Spotted Towhee June 1 Queen's Hill State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif., elev. 204 ft. Individual seen feeding on pine barren on north slope of canyon. Vegetation about consisted of grass, huckleberry, Gaultheria, Rhododendron, Salalber Dec. Chinquapin, Bristle Pine and Pygmy Cypress. Were were first noted in vicinity of Bas - pin Gulch by observer. Heard later - low bzzzzz - in Rhododendron. June 7, 1941, of a bright sunny day.

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J. Crowley 1941 May 29 California Woodpecker Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. 75' ft elev, on south slope of coniferous forest of Lowland and Douglas Fir, Redwood, Bishop Pine, and Coast Hemlock. Santa Ysabel, west end. 2:45 PM bird seen on short limb, near trunk, of Lowland Fir; uttering piping, ringing cries. Flew away to west, deep into grove of trees, where it was heard hammering. Black body, white red head. 4:05 PM another bird seen farther east along trail in Douglas Fir, hammering at limb [illegible] It hopped out on limb, hammering away. Then it flew back near the trunk and went to underside of tree, hanging upside down and hammering.

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J Crowley 1941 May 7 Russian Gulch State Park, Meadowland C. Calif. Elevation 50 ft. 1:30 PM of bright sun - shiny day. Immature ? Microtus res- cued from a garter snake on grass in front of Camp 2 mile from ocean. Prepared by slitting up ventral side and packing in formalin - snail was dead and mutilated by snake's jaws by time it was fixed. May 29 Eled 45 ft, grassy meadow riparian habitat just west of Camp 27, 14 trapped with 6 21mm each.

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J. Browley 1941 Neotoma fuscipes May 26 Jacomini Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elev 200 ft. southwest corner of park on wooded slope (Douglas Fir; Lowland Fir and Spruce, Red Alder; near old road. Mature female 10 ft from nest in rat trap. She was near same nest as immature g which was slightly mangled about abdomen. Just 50 feet away, south of road_, was another nest where we found mangled remains- for, intestinal tract - of another woodrat.

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J. Browley (44) Neotrichas gibbei May 19 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elevation 50 feet. ½ mile east of ranger's cabin on road, 25 yards north of creek. ?? found trapped beneath marginal part of thistleberry thicket under red alders. Very damp habitat. Animal was larger than mole size, about midway between small shrew and mole size, with long snout, mole-like fur, large, flattened head like mole. But up- wardly much about on surface moves like a shrew. May 21 ½-¾ mile east of ocean, elevation 50-75 ft. 5 shrewmole trapped (5 traps set - 24 hr. catch). Riparian habitat. May 24 Riparian habitat east of camp - 10°.

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J Crowley (94) Peromyscus maniculatus May 18 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. Elevation 40 feet. 4 mile east of ocean on road leading east through canyon. 6 specimens trapped in area just on north bank of creek at border of grass- land and bushes - elderberry, thimble- berry (x). 6 out of 23 traps (from which we also got 1 shrew and 1 Zapus). Pigny Cypress Redwoods Lowland Fir X Berry bushes Grassland Red Alden Creek leading E to ocean Topography of area about Russian Gulch State Park May 19 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. 6 P. maniculatus found in traps set 1/2 mile East of ocean along road leading east thru canyon.. 6 out of 23 traps of which 11 whole were occupied; 4 sprung with no catch, rest empty and sprung. May 20 1 mile east of ocean Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif 35 Peromyscus caught west of complex riparian habitat - 3 out of 22 traps set, of which 10 had catches May 21 1/2 mile east of ocean Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. 11 of Peromyscus found in 27 occupied traps of 51 set. 2 Peromyscus discarded due to injury.

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J. Crowley 1947 Cromyopus maculatus. May 25 Clear Creek State Park, Mendocino Co. Calif., elev 750 ft. 1/2 mile from camp in redwood grove, 1 spc - man trapped about 50 ft from creek. May 26 200 ft elev, southwest corner of park, along old road through thimbleberry thicket and low- land, Douglas Fir - 3 found in Museum speci. May 27 200 ft elevation in pine forest with grassy and blackberry undergrowth, southwest corner of park, 9 C. maculatus. Found in grassy place May 28 45 ft elevation just west of Camp 27, along margin of thimbleberry thicket. 30 more in plains trapped. Dryarian habitat. May 29 9 Cromyopus maculatus, 50-60 ft from creek.

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J. Amley Sorex pacificus May 20 Queeni Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif., elev 75 ft. Just west of Camp 27 in preparing habitats along margin of Thimbleberry thickets -> Song Trapper in Museum/Special mouse trap. 22 traps set in all, 10 had catches. May 27 Queeni Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif., elev 200 ft. 23 mouse traps set, 1 Sorex pacificus, 2 other catches, from margin of grassy meadow bordered by Bishop Pine, Thimbleberry, Blackberry, Redwood, Alder. May 31 Elev 200 ft. 23 mouse traps set about border of grassy slope bordered by Bishop Pine, Cypress, Redwood, Douglas Fir, Lowland Fir, Huckle- berry, Blackberry. 1 Sorex pacificus, 1 Sorex vagrans

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J Cronley 1941 Sorex vagrans May 18 Queen Gilch State Park, Mendocino Co, Calif. Elevation 40 feet. 1/2 mile west of ocean on road leading east through canyon, 20 feet from creek. One individual trapped at margin of Thimbleberry thicket. May 19 1/2 mile cast of ocean Queen Gilch State Park, Men- docino Co, Calif. 2 individuals trapped at margin of thimbleberry thicket to be north red alder trees, at side of road, 20-35 yards from creek. May 20 1/4 mile east of ocean Queen Gilch State Park Mendocino Co, Calif. elevation 40 ft. 1 Sorex vagrans trapped cast of our camp in riparian habitat May 25 1/2 mile east of camp, Queen Gilch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elevation 75 ft. 1 spcimen found in trap set near fallen redwood in redwood grove, 20 ft from creek. May 26 200 ft elev. southwest corner of Park on grassy slope above bridge, at margin of blackberry thicket, 1 Sorex found in trap. May 28 45 ft elev., just west of camp along margins of blackberry, thimbleberry thicket near creek, 1/2 found June 1 200 ft elev. atop north slope canyon in pre barren, 1 caught - 3 traps set. 1 other animal - Peromyscus monaculus caught also.

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J. Crowley Thomany Bottle May 22 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. des. P.O. Young g. tripped on head with shovel by ranger's wife, Mrs. Englehardt and donated to Mrs. Brunnell's party.

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J. Crowley 1941 Zapus o... May 18 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. Elevation 50 feet - ¼ mile cast of ocean on road leading east through canyon. Individual found in one of 25 traps set in riparian habitat, 15 yards north of creek, at margin of grassland just before entering thimbleberry and elder- berry thicket, beneath red alders. Spec- imen was reddish colored on back, about size of Peromyscus maniculatus but had longer tail and legs. May 4 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. ½ mile cast of ocean. ½ of specimen (chind parts) found in trap set in run-off into stream, below road, in midst of elderberry thicket. Head part had been eaten by some voracious creature, so body was useless. May 24 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. ¼ mile cast of ocean - 15 Zapus of 24 traps set. May 26 Russian Gulch State Park, Mendocino Co., Calif. 200 ft elev., southwest corner of park, just above bridge, on grassy slope at margin of thimble- berry thicket, gave Zapus caught in Museum Special Mower Trap. May 30. 45 ft elev. just west of Camp 27 live Zapus trapped in Museum Special, in middle of meadow.

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Crowley, J. 1942 Kinge River National Park, Calif. May 20 - June 3, 1942

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 20 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Party of seven - including Dr. and Mrs. A. H. Miller, Dr. Harvey Fisher, Mrs. H.W. Grunnell, Frances Ogilvie, Marie Redon and me - left Berkeley at 5:00 A.M. for Kings Canyon. Mrs. Grunnell drove her car with Mrs. Miller, Frances Ogilvie, Marie Redon and me in it, while Dr. Miller and Dr. Fisher drove one of the museum trucks. He started on Highway 50 from Berkeley, went through Manteca to Fresno on Highway 99, then took Highway 180 to Kings Canyon National Park. He drove through the canyon to Cedar Grove C ranger Station, on the South Fork of Kings River. There Ida De May and Jean Cusick joined us after having driven from Southern California. He had dinner at Cedar Grove, then made our camp in Cedar Grove campgrounds, midway between the East and West Forks of Sheep Creek. The most evident verte- brates about were Coast Steller Jay and Western Robin. Trees about are Incense Cedar, Yellow and Sugar Pine. Weather very warm, sunny. He recorded a list of the animals seen as we drove down.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 20 Cedar Grove S Fork King's R, 4600 ft, Fresno Co, Calif May 20, 1942 Redwing Blackbird Brown Blackbird Boyle's (?) Snake Jackrabbit Ground Squirrel Marsh Hawk Burrowing Owl Mourning Dove English Sparrow Junnet Western Meadowlark California Jay Blown Towhee California Quail Western Mockingbird Dark Sparrow Hazel Barn Swallow Black Chock Western Kingfisher Turkey Vulture American Goldfinch Calif. Woodpecker Black-headed Grosbeak Ground Squirrel Cygning Owl

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Crowley, 1942 Journal May 21 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 Party of nine including Dr. A. H. Miller and Mrs. Miller, Mr. Dignam, Dr. Harvey Fisher, Frances Ogilvie, Ida De May, Jean Russel, Marie Redon and me took the trail from camp to the falls on the east fork of Sheep Creek at 1:00 P.M. Just below the falls - 200 yards - M. Redon saw a Callipe Hummingbird flying between a White Fir, Golden Oak and occasionally to a Yellow Pine. Dr. Miller located the bird(s) mist one small branch of a Golden Oak, just below a larger branch, in about the middle of the tree. She nest was located due to the female hummingbirds perturbed to honor in flight. After observing the nest and bird for about 25 minutes, the main body of the party continued up the trail past the falls, leaving M. Redon to observe the nest while Mrs. Dignam led Mrs. Miller and me to a good view of the falls (for a picture). Leaving the falls, the either three went down the trail to another trail along the east bank of Sheep Creek. Following this trail, we proceeded south - ward again in the direction of the falls. To a dam where we saw an Americani

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Crowley 1942 May 21 Cedar Grot, S Fork Kings River, 4600 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. Journal May 21, 1942 Dipper. The bird was first seen flying southeast up the creek toward the dam. It flew past the dam to a small waterfall and flew behind it where it stayed for 1 minute. Then it flew to the west bank of the creek where it dip- ped, then flew down the canyon again. Mr. Dippled us back to the junction of this trail with the old road and departed toward the floor of the canyon, while Mrs. Miller and I returned to the Callupi's nest. M. Redm and Dr. Fisher were watching the nest. Dr. Fisher and I went to see the American Dipper and the other two followed after leaving a note for the rest of the party. After arriving at the dam, Dr. Fisher and I waited some 5 minutes before she Dipper appeared, just as the other two members of our party came in sight. The Dipper flew behind the falls. It's mate flew up the canyon shortly after with something in its mouth. One of them reappeared, dipped into the water along the west bank of the creek and emerged on a rock. This Dipper flew

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 21 Cedar Grove, S. fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 off down the canyon. The other member of the pair appeared shortly after and dipped on the east, then on the west bank of the stream. It proceeded northward down the creek dipping. After passing it apparently swam after dipping on several occasions. (Though near the bank, the water appeared to be several feet deep). Passing over the dam in flight, the bird dropped down below the dam and again dipped, this time in the frothy, foaming rapids. The water was churning vigorously, yet the bird dove off the bank into the water, disap- eared for several seconds and re- emerged in flight toward the bank. It seemed to have no difficulty in navigating either on the rough current or on the smooth, wet, slippery rocks on the bank. After dipping first on the east, then on the west bank, the bird flew off down the creek. The other bird reappeared, flew behind the falls with something green in its beak. Reappearing, it flew to the mossy west side of the creek and was

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Crowley, 1942 Journal May 21 Cedar Grove S fork Kings R, 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 Presumably gathering green material for the nest. This Dipper flew off down the creek. After waiting in vain for their re-turn, our party left for the old road. Dr. Fisher and I walked at the junction of the trail with the road while Mrs. Muller and M. Redon returned to the Callup's nest to look for the rest of our party. Rejoining us, Mrs. Muller and M. Redon continued back on the old road to camp with us. En route we saw a pair of Sparrow Hawks (first in the bird list). One flew to a tree in which the other was already located. She one in the tree arose into the air, there were screams and the 2 flew off together. Above the canyon, high in the air were a number of 15? - Swifts. A Flicker trilled and flew to the top of a Jeffrey pine. It flew about from a Sugar Pine to an Incense Cedar and back to the Jeffrey Pine. About 10 ft. down from the top of the latter tree, about 5 ft. from where the Flicker clung was a round hole - looked made. M. Redon saw a

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 21 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings Canyon, 4600 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 Western Tanager halfway across the canyon, perched on a top branch of a pine tree. The red head, dark wing and yellow under parts stood out sharply. Mrs. Miller and Dr. Fisher identified a junco flying off the trail into the bushes. I saw a brownish bird with white tail feathers(?) or wing patches, I was not sure which — as the bird they called junco. Dr. Fisher heard a California and a Hermit Warbler off the road on the "Bench" above camp. He left the road and struck off toward the flat Bench. Here we identified a Hermit Warbler high in a bare tree, a Mountain Chickadee and a Nuttall tin the same tree. Further east we saw an Ash-throated Flycatcher high up on a bare branch of a pine tree. The Hermit Warbler was seen about 5 ft. lower down on a leafy branch, of the same tree. He returned to camp straight down the side of the canyon wall, arriving there at 5:20 P.M. The rest of the party — with Dr. Miller — returned at 5:45. After dinner we

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Crowley 1942 Journal S. Fork May 21 Cedar Grove, Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 Baik with walnuts Set traps near camp. Mrs. Miller located a Robin's nest with 3 eggs in it, in a small Jeffrey Pine, just east of the bridge over the S. Fork Kings Rive. Dr. Fisher, M Redon, J Ogilvie, Ida de May and I accompanied her to the nest and climbed up to take a look. The nest was about 7-8 feet off the ground, 3 ft. from the main trunk in fork between 2 large branches of the tree. No Robins were near when we looked at the nest. He crossed the bridge going back to camp, when M Redon discovered her pen was gone. She and Mrs Miller returned to the tree while Dr. Fisher and I watched bats flying about overhead. Dr. Fisher took several trues at them with his slingshot but with no direct hits. He returned to camp with the other two and wrote notes till 9:15. Weather: morning cool but clear, afternoon warm (not overcast). Mr. Dirpm told us we had just missed snow and thunder showers by arriving May 20.

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Crowley, 1942 General Account May 21 Cedar Grove, South Fork Kings R., 4600 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. May 21, 1942 Species: Robin Red-shafted Flicker Swifts Sparrow Hawk Calliope Hummingbird American Dipper Coast Steller Jay Hermit Warbler Ash-throated Flycatcher Gray Nuthatch Mountain Chickadee Western Tanager Plants Yellow Pine Incense Cedar Sugar Pine White Fir Snow Plant Canyon Live Oak Monzanita Mountain Muesy White Forget-me-not Quassy-Flaw

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 22 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings River, 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Caly May 22, 1942 At 6:05 A.M. we collected our traps. by me, of 15 set 1 had Peromyscus manicu-[illegible] relative (q.), 4 abdominal mammary no end), 1 had swarms of black ants on the bait, 1 had a large grey jay, on the bait. The traps were set near the junction of the best fork of Sheep Creek with the south fork of Kings R. 10 were set along a draw and 5 on the bank of the Sheep Creek. I skinned the 2 animals after break- fast. In all there were 7 animals cought in the traps set out last night by the party. Dr. Fisher set some gopher traps northeast of camp whicl cought 2 gophers later in the day. Dr. Miller and Mrs. Miller and Dr Fisher left on the truck for Berkeley at 10:05. They returned in about 15 min. with a large grey squirrel which Jean Bussard skinned. After lunch, the other girls skinned while Mrs. Brunnell and I cleaned up (K.P.) and I soaked my infected finger. The Stellar Jays have begun to infest our camp. At 3:55 M. Dedon and I set out for the Calliope

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Crowley/1942 Journal May 22 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 22, 1942 next below the falls on Sheep Creek. He climbed straight up the south wall of the canyon past huge boulders and scrubby undergrowth where we saw a Sceloporus. He passed by the "Bench" above our camp, went Southeastward across a small branch of Sheep Creek to the old road. He proceeded up the old road, past the trail to the American Dippers' home, to the trail up to the Calliope's nest. He stopped at rock piles for Sceloporus. I tried to see the lizard stick while Marie shot at them with a sling shot. He pounced briefly at the Calliope's nest at 2:05 then retraced our steps down the trail. He failed to get any Sceloporus. Back at camp (we returned on the trail used May 21) we found that Francis Ogilvie had found a rattlesnake on top of a log east of camp. The ranger killed the snake and the girls - Francis, Jean and Lila - returned with it and ten Sceloporus. Marie and I had only a list of birds we had seen: I saw a Creeper working on a yellow pine on the old road, heard

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 22 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., #600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 22, 1942 a bird singing from the top of a pine - similar to the Hermit Warbler heard and seen May 22. Flying high above the trees we saw a Turkey Vulture flying high above the trees. At the rock pile where we stopped several minutes, I saw a chipmunk with the two brown stripes standing out clearly. It was standing on a large rock in the middle of a rocky slope above the trail. After dinner M. Redon and I set Museum Special Mouse Traps northeast of the Ranger Station & across the bridge from our camp. We saw the q Robin in the nest in the Yellow Pine east of the bridge. After setting our traps we returned to camp. On our way we saw several bats. After arriving at camp, we wrote notes until 9:30. Weather during day warm, somewhat cloudy. Nights somewhat chilly.

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Crowley 1942 May 22 Cedar Grove, South Fork King R., 4600 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. Species seen: May 22, 1942 Yellow Pine Pinus jeffreyi Incense Cedar Libocedrus decurrens Sugar Pine Pinus lambertiana White Fir Abies Snowplant Canyon Oak Pussy-paws Manzanita Birds Sierra Creeper Sceloporus Hermit Warbler Turkey Vulture Swifte Red-shafted Flicker Coast Steller Jay Western Robin.

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Crowley 1942 journal May 23 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., #600ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 Set 22 traps (Museum Special Mouse Traps) east of camp, across bridge, from ranger station. Traps were set along bank of stream and about edges of road, in thicket of pines. Of 22 traps, 2 had been gnawed. None had caught animals. 8:30 AM After breakfast M Redm, J. Purvich and I set out for the falls on the east fork of Sheep Creek. On the way to the falls, we saw a Western Tanager, Calaveras Warbler, Steller Jays - in the pines along the trail to the falls. J. Purvich stayed behind to observe the Tanager while Marie and I continued slowly up the trail. We saw a Chipmunk running along the rocks in a stream bed to the right of the trail. White-throated Swifts were flying high above our heads. The day was sunny and very warm. After we got the set off rat trap for chipmunk, J Marie caught Stelepons a little way up the trail. Marie stayed at the Calliope Hummingbird's nest just below the Falls (10:10 AM), while I continued on up the trail to the top of the mountain. Marie kept the trail lunches, the trap bag and other paraphernalia while I took just a hazard sketch, notes and

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Crowly 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R. 4600 ft., Fresno Co. Calif. May 23, 1942 Mrs Grumells field glasses up the trail with me. I was extremely thankful, shortly, that I had done so. The sun scorchd my face and arms. She field glasses steadily gained weight, the birds came so thick and fast and lizards scotched across the trail so frequently, that I juggled pen, paper, lizard stick, bag and field glasses like mad. I tried to move a Scaloporus but failed miserably. Next I sighted a Calavero Warbler (identified later) flying from a Yellow to a Sugar Pine, to a Cedar. From the Cedar this Warbler flew to a small Oak tree, joined its mate there and the two flew off toward the north. The area is depicted roughly below: T = trail SP = Sugar Pine F = Fresno Cedar R = Rock Y = Yellow Pine or Log above Trail O = oak In between the birds mentioned above and below, it may be understood, I kept trying to move Scaloporus. A chip chip! like a Ruby-crowned Kinglet remained.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft, Fresno Co. Caly. May 23, 1942 unidentified by me. I saw a junco in a Canyon Live Oak. At last, my fruitless efforts to catch a Scoloporus ended, and this time I caught one under a bush on the east facing slope of the canyon. Shortly after another was caught on a southeast slope on rocks surrounded by Mountain Mustang (5500 ft.) The peculiar rattled of Cicadae disturbed me no end as I was moving there and other lizards. With one eye out for rattlesnakes, plus the other eye and two ears attuned to Cicadae, my arm was spoiled. Climbing steadily, I soon came to the border of Sequoia National Park. The place abounded in lizards and Jays. The latter set up a tremendous clamor in the tops of the Pines, announcing the arrival of an intruder. Two Chickadees called from across the canyon, then all the birds seemed to quiet down. There were signs of Ground Squirrel along the trail. At a point where a small creek crossed the trail and plunged down into a ravine, a small bird, grey bodied, puzi about Marbles, with

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove S Lake Range R. 4600 ft. Fresno Co. Caly. May 23, 1942 a large yellow rump patch and a yellow spot about the head, flew to an oak. It fluttered up the branches then flew off to the north. Checking with Hoff- man later, I presumed it was an Andulm Warbler. Jean Russell joined me at this point and we continued up the trail together, alternately looking for birds and lizards. After plung- ing down a precipitous bank after one, I hooked him by the hind legs and let him wriggle free. Jean continued on toward the top of the mountain but I turned back toward Marie and trail lunch, just as we saw the first patch of snow. As I re- traced my steps, I saw a Junco at the junction of the stream and trail, the bird giving forth a short call note and also the spring song. Sumps were fly- ing above. A Woodpecker with black wings, white underparts and white about the back - rump patch - and black & white lines over the eye, flew to the top of a dead cedar to join its mate. Hoffman's description of the Hairy Wood-

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R, 4600 ft, Fresno Co Cal. May 23, 1942 Speckle agrees or at least does not dis- age with this description. At the sign "Kings Canyon National Park" a pair of Junco flew from the ground into a Sugar Pine. A gray bird somewhat filling my concept of a Vireo with light wing bars, gave forth a whistly song from the depths of a Sugar Pine. At 1:45 I was back below at the bridge above the Falls, at - tempting to catch another Sceloporus. Marie had eaten lunch, after strug- gling after me up the trail with all the luggage, but returning when she could not find us. After a brief glimpse at the Calorpe, and after I had lunch, we returned down the trail, hunting Sceloporus on the way. He saw a beautiful Persian blue skunk about 6-8 inches long, on a large rock. He closed in on it with one move but the skunk was quicker than the hand. A Mountain Chickadee was seen down in a ravine, flying from branch to branch of a small oak tree. A pair was seen feeding in a Pine. A Calamara-

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Crowley, 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 Warbler was feeding in an oak in the vicinity. A Sierra Creeper worked up the trunk of a large Pine. He took the service Rd. east through the canyon where the road crossed our trail. We proceeded east we saw Robin, Calaveras Warbler, Swift, Seoloparu, heard Chickadees from the tops of pines. He wandered down into a campgrounds at the end of the service road, just above Kings River. While hunting for a Road going west (they all went east) we saw a White-headed Woodpecker, an Ash-throated Flycatcher. The latter was perched on one of the topmost branches of a dead Junie, turning his head from side to side. He flew north to another dead tree and perched again. Mari confirmed my Flycatcher identification when she saw the tail dip, and she identified it as the Ash-throated Flycatcher. She heard a Chipping Sparrow, tracked it down and we watched it fly to a forked limb in a Yellow Pine. It sat there [illegible] quite comfortably for a while then flew

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 23 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 off. He examined the land and saw a sketchy mass of cobwebby and leaf-like material in the fork of the branch. I tagged it and we shall investigate further. As we continued our search for a road going west we saw a hawk about the size of a Sparrow Hawk but with broader wings and tail (shaped like a small Red tail) with a white rump patch. It may have been a Goshawk (?). At last we located a broad highway leading me back to camp - at 4:30 P.M., just in time for dinner. After dinner we set traps (2) east of camp in the same place as May 22 - across the bridge from the ranger station along the river. He returned to camp and fixed our Sceloparous. Marie had 2, I had 7, Frances had 2, and Jean had 2. I looked up the Calaveras Markler's food peaches, Vines and Chickadee. Tomorrow we shall attempt to check out identification. Mrs. Grennell reported that at about 11:45 P.M. a deer crossed through our camp.

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Crowley 1942 May 23 Cedar Grove & Fork Kings R, 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 Species seen: Sceloporus gracilis Western Tanager Calaveras Warbler Steller Jay Sierra Creeper Chipmunk White-throated Swift Sparrow Hawk Red-shafted Flicker White-headed Woodpecker Oregon Junco Black-throated Gray Warbler Chickadee Audubon Warbler (?) Hairy Woodpecker Violets? Calliope Humming-bird Skunk Sierra Creeper Ash-throated Flycatcher Chipping Sparrow Hawk -

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 24 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R. 4600 ft. Fresno Co. Calif. May 24, 1942 M. Redm and I, set 2 traps east of the camp and the ranger's station and across the bridge. The traps were set along the north bank of the river at the bases of pines, Incense Cedars and Manzanita. 1 of the traps was sprung but none had caught any animals. The trap which was sprung was the same one which had been gnawed on the preceding day, May 23. We had left our trapline out with the traps unset. Some animal, perhaps a ground squirrel, had gnawed two of our traps taking the bait off two of them and chewing at the wood. On the way to the trapline, Marie and I heard a Black headed Grosbeak, and saw a Hairy Woodpecker working in the pines near the bridge. Our Robin was sitting on the nest in the pine east of the bridge. Back at camp we found that the total catch was 3 Ceronyceus: 1 caught by Mrs. Grunnell - the one which had gnawed our avocados the previous night, 1 caught by Frances and 1 by Ida. Jean had departed before breakfast for the top of the

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Crowley, 1942 Journal May 24 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft, Fresno Co. Calif. May 24, 1942 mountain to set traps for ground squirrels. Francis, Ida and Marie skinned the animals caught the preceding night while I wrote notes. At 11:05 Ida and I walked to the bridge to ascertain the direction in which the roads went, in order to make a map. After lunch, Marie and I set out on a lizard hunt, taking the road toward Sentinel Camp, on the south side of Kings River. At 1:10 we started our bird observation with Coast Steller Jays. A Western Tanager flew into the top of a Sugar Pine uttering a peculiarly bell-like call. Three Gray Squirrels raced into a Libocedrus decurrens and one ran up into a tree across the road. A Chickaree drilled from a spot on the southern wall of the canyon. She started to hunt Sceloporus, when we heard a Chipping Sparrow off to the north. Marie left to hunt the Sparrow while I observed a Fly- catcher in a Dead Pine. This Flycatcher flew from an oak to a Sugar Pine, perched on a dead limb 50 - 60 ft. from ground. He bird had a grey back, white wing bars and underparts, lacked the eyering. Probably a Wood Pewee. I left the campgrounds and went westward.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 24 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Toward Cedar Grove along the road. Two Cassin's Purple Finchers were feeding on the ground but flew into a Yellow Pine when I came along. At 2:30 Marie met me and we walked eastward along the highway. A White-headed Woodpecker was working in the middle branches of a Sequoia. Caught 2 Sceloporus in Sunset Tunnel Campground. Retracing our path, we found a Sceloporus hunting ground at 3:45. Caught 2 small, 1 more large then 2 more small. A peculiar antec was observed: One lizard was standing on top of a log with its Tail up at an angle. Another chased it off the top of the log and underneath. Probably show territorial behavior. A Hairy Woodpecker was working on a pine. A Coyote crossed the road and trotted up the south slope of the canyon. A large number of Sceloporus were chasing about boulders and a large decaying fallen log by the roadside. Many gnats were flying about and I caught one small lizard with a fly's wing still projecting from its mouth. After bagging even here, we returned to camp. After dinner we put up our specimens. Weather: cool as usual in morning. Hot and sunny in afternoon.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 24 Cedar Grove, S. Fork King R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. Species seen Coast Steller Jay Western Tanager Gray Squirrel Chickaree Sceloporus Chipping Sparrow Wood Peewee Cassin's Purple Finch White-headed Woodpecker Hairy Woodpecker Coyote (?) May 25 Cedar Grove, S. Fork King R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. At 6:45 a.m. Redon and I took the trail up to the falls on the east fork Shyp Creek. At 7:00 saw Robin, Western Tanager, Steller Jay in juniper just east of camp. White-throated Swifts were darting about in the clear blue, sunny sky above. At 7:35, I left Marie at the Calliope's nest and climbed up the trail past the Falls to the snow. A pair of Oregon Junco was perched in a bark above the trail. Despite the early hour, practically all the birds had stopped singing. It was not until I got near the snow that I heard the Viced and Calaveras? or Vermit Warbler, which perhaps sing all day anyway.

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Crowley 1942 May 25 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings Cr., 600ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Another Juncos was seen, and a Warbler sang from afar off up the canyon. A Chickadee said dee dee dee. The footprints of deer were obtrusive in the soft sand of the trail. The prints continued all the way up to the mountain meadow above the west fork of Sheep Creek. After passing the boundary line of King Canyon and Sequoia National Park, I saw a Chipmunk running along a log, heard a Flicker, saw a Coyote. This ani- mal was trotting along the trail, stopped to observe the canyon, saw me and turn- ing, ran rapidly up the mountain away from me. At the point where a small creek crosses the trail, Bell Sparrow, Juncos and Chickadee were seen. A call like that of a June-Mountain Thrail or Groove? came from up above the trail - from a shaded ravine. A Woodpecker - black with white wing patches - flew away from me. A Warbler - Calavers?- flew to a bare limb of a Yellow Pine upon which a Wood Pewee was already perched. The latter chased the warbler away. Four Audubon Warblers flew about the tops of the pines. A Western Tanagers flew from a dead tree to a White Fir! An unidentified

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Crowley 1941 Journal May 25 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. bird with a warbler-like bill, larger than a Warbling Vireo, with a yellow-green head, grey green sides, pale yellow underparts and a patch of yellow under the tail, and two white wing bars was working on the ground at the end of a fallen log. It flew into an oak, when I came along the trail. A Wood Pewee from a point in an oak gave forth with a whit! peeur! Calif. Jays screamed and flew from treetop to treetops. Another pair of Junco was seen. A Warbling Vireo gave forth a whit! whit! from an oak. It fled off the under side of oak leaves in a little divide between the slopes of the mountain. Its song was Z Z V like Purple Finches - warble. A pair of Hairy Woodpeckers flew from Yellow to Sugar Pine. A (Sierra) Creeker worked up the trunk of a Yellow Pine. A Wood Pewee and Chickadees called. Hearing the snow, I saw a Grouse whip off the hillside into a shady ravine, with dense cedar and Ceanothus. A Hermit Warbler worked about the outer branches of a Jeffrey Pine, while a Western Tanager perched in the same tree, on a bare branch.

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Crowley 1942 May 25 Cedar Grove, S Fork Trinity., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Journal A Fox Sparrow was perched on the branch of a Yellow Pine, 60 ft. off the ground. It flew down toward the ground - an east facing slope, covered with Manzanita. A Chickadee called. Sceloporus raced over fallen logs. A Hawk sailed over the trail, about 50 ft. up. I had whitish underparts. After crunch- ing across snow on the trail, I came to a shady, gloomy forest where an Audubon Marblet, pair of Townsend Solitaires, Robins and five deer brightened the landscape. The two Solitaires (?) were in a dense growth of ferns and juniper. The five deer crossed the trail, stopped to stare at me, then pro- ceeded about their business of feeding in the mountain meadow where the trail crosses the west forks of Sheep Creek. A sound like a cowbell - only hollow - announced the presence of a woodpecker up the canyon. A Chipmunk ran up a Fir tree. Sceloporus ran across a log. A Fox Sparrow sang from Azaleas then flew to the ground. Chickadees and Jays called as I re- traced my steps to camp. I took the trail all the way back to the Ranger station and

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 25 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. arrived at camp at 11:5 AM. Marie had not yet returned (I was supposed to meet her at the Calliope's nest but had not seen her). So I raced up the mountain again to the Calliope's nest and back down to camp, getting there at 12:15. Marie had arrived in the meantime. After lunch, Mr. Dixon took us to Gramwalt Meadow; (1:00 P.M.). He drove to the point at which Kings R. makes a right hand turn. After parking the car, we took the trail past Brown's River falls, east along Kings River to Gram- walts Meadows. On route we saw place where deer had been pawing for fungi. We heard a Warbling Vireo. Mr. Dixon shot a 7 or Sparrow. He set traps about homes of Neotoma streatori. Mr. Dixon pointed out the "Jimmie bird," the Cassin's Vireo. He saw a White-headed Woodpecker. Mr. Dixon shot a Marble-Faced. Redwing Blackbirds flew about the meadow. A O'Allan Hummer was flying about perches at the east end of the table slope. He reached the middle of the meadow by scrambling over the tables at the base of the mountain. He reached a patch of meadow, with grass, cattails and willows. I set 4 Museum Special Traps.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 25 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Traps near the talus slope, eleven Museum Special Mouse Traps on the willows thicket plus one rat trap, and Twelve at the west end of the meadow beneath rose bushes, in alders and at the base of a log. He returned to camp at 6:30. A list of the birds and flora to our follows. Weather: clear till 2-3:00 P.M. when clouds which had been hanging over the Mountain Divide came over the canyon and a little rain fell. Note: traps were baited with a gooey con- pound of peanut-butter base shot through with oatmeal. This sort of bait was used at Zinnwald, and on the south- facing slope of the canyon. Bear visited camp late this night. Upset grub box, ate some grapefruit. Mrs. Grunnell tried him and scared him by a hailstorm of grape fruit.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 25 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R, 4600 ft, Fresno Co, Calif. Western Robin Alligator Lizard Western Tanager Coast Steller Jay White-throated Swift Plants: Cussy-paws Oregon Juncos Sunflowers Mountain Chickadee Pine Cone Sierra Chipmunk Indian Paintbrush Red-shafted Flicker Service berry Coyote Violets Helopsaurus Snowplant Sierra grouse Apple tree Audubon Warblers Rose bushes Wood Creeper Strawberries Hairy Woodpecker Willows Sierra Creeper Thimble-berry Hermit Warbler Sedge Hawk Cenotemon Townsend Solitaire Rushes Calif. Mule deer Grasses Warbling Vireo Dandelions Fox Sparrow Vertula stratori Cassini Vireo White-headed Woodpecker Claverus Warbler Redwing Blackbird Allen Hummingbird

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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

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 26 Adair Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Finished feeding on the ground beneath a

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Crowley 1948 Journal May 27 Cedar Grove & Fork King's R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Left some trapline set in Zinnialet Meadow: Twelve in west end of meadow about rosebushes, four about the rock at the east end of the meadows, and eleven between in the willow thicket. Plus one rat trap set in the willow thicket. Caught one Peromyscus boylii (?) in the willow thicket, 15 feet from the status and open meadow. The animal was caught under the large roots and branches of willows. It was lying half in the water. We picked up our traps and planned to set nearer camp. Mr. Dixon shot four birds - Song Sparrow, Western Flycatcher, Redwing Blackbird and Purple Finch. Marie caught one Song Sparrow on her traps. We returned to camp at lunchtime and prepared our specimens afternoon. After dinner, Marie and I set 23 Museum Special Mouse Traps on the south facing slope of the canyon just across from camp. May 28 Cedar Grove & Fork King's R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 23 Museum Special Mouse traps just north of camp, across the road from the ranger's cabin. Nothing caught in any of the traps. Mr Dixon set about 100 yards above us on the mountainside and caught a Peromyscus sp.? After breaks

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 28 Cedar Grove, Forkings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. fast, M. Redm, Ida De May and I took the trail up to the falls on Sheep Creek (7:45. I continued on after M. Redm stopped at the Calliope's nest and Ida turned back at 11:18. It was a very cold, foggy or cloudy day and few birds braved the air with song. Junco hopped about the ground. Robin ran and hopped about at snowline. A White-headed Woodpecker flew from above the trail - where there were a number of dead stumps and fallen logs - to a Yellow Perri below the trail. Once it repeated this performance on my return trip, I theorized that it had a nest perhaps in one of the dead stumps above the trail. Once it did not return to the stump in which its nest was located, I could not ascertain which one stump it was in. A Fy Sparrow sang from a Manzanita-covered east facing slope. A hawk - light underparts, with a light red tail, black head and wing tips - floated over the hill at Summit Meadows, just above the place where the west fork of Sheep Creek crosses the trail. Junco hopped about the snow there. At Summit Meadow the snow had melted for the greater part

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Crowley 1947 Journal May 28 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. on the center of the meadow leaving a great fog. On the return trip, I saw a Chuckaree, Calif. Jay, Chickadees, a Chipmunk, the White-headed Wood pecker, and Nutatches in Sugar and Yellow Pines. The Dimes had invited us to dinner. J. Dixon had prepared Stephenoi for me; and also treated us to a showing of the pictures he had taken at Mt. McKinley, Grand Canyon and Yellowstone. May 29. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. set 2 traps north of camp, across the road from the ranger's station. Dipone was strung at the base of the mountain range, in manzanita, Yellow Pines and about rocks. Caught g/ Ceromyocnus [illegible] in a trap set under a fallen, decaying log near manzanita, on sandy hillsides. At 7:45AM party of six including Mrs. Dixon, J. Ogilvie, Ida De May, Jean Russech, M. Redon and me - set out on the old trail for Lookout Peak. After an early morning temperature of 32°F., the temperature rose rapidly. At Mountain Meadow we saw a Sierra Creeper working up a pine tree; a member of Junecoe hopping about near the edge of the snow, heard a Piledated Woodpecker drumming, away up the canyon.

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Crowley 1942 May 29 Journal Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. A Fox Sparrow sang from a perch on a Man-zanita bush, then from a rock by the side of the trail. Chickadees sang from the junipers. A Nuttall Flycatcher sang - - - (Mrs. D. [illegible] interpreted it as 'What peevs you?'), from a perch high in a Juniper tree at the junction of the Old Trail with the trail along the east fork of Sheep Creek. At 11:00 we heard Mountain Jaial from up the hill. At 11:26 we reached Summit Meadow, noted Lodgepole Pini, heard Hyla croaking from the marshy center of the meadow. Junipers and Robin's hopped about the edges of the snow. A Red-breasted Sapsucker worked up the side of a dead tree. He left the meadow and climbed upward to Lookout Peak, elev. 8547 ft., where we lunched and looked at the canyons and surrounding peaks: Gray Wolf Mtn, Mt. Gardner, Mt. Clarkes Nutcracker in deep trees near Lookout. Cotter Mtn. and Monarch Divide. He re-turned on a deer trail partway down the slope then cut across to the trail past Sheep Creek Falls - east fork. He saw the Calliope's nest, then returned to camp at 4:30 P.M. I skinned the Coronene caught in our traps earlier in the day. After dinner, F. Ojibwe, Jean Aussiele and [illegible]

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 29. Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., Fresno Co., Calif., 4600 ft. Checked our traps set across the highway from the ranger's station on the south facing slope of the mountain. Species seen or heard: Clarkes Nutcracker Sierra Creeper Oregon Junco Red-shouldered Woodpecker Fox Sparrow Chickadee Chickadee Nuttall Flycatcher Mountain Thrush Western Robin California Jay Flyca sp.? Sierra Red-breasted Sapsucker Chipmunk May 30 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 22 traps across highway from ranger station at Cedar Grove, around base of mt. 2 of traps were sprung with bait gone. None had caught any ani- mals. Checked the Robin's nest across the bridge from the ranger's station. She eggs had hatched and three little down covered young with wide-open yellow mouths were in the nest - laying on top of each other i.e. with heads resting on each other backs - the 3 forming a sort of triangle.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 30 Cedar Grove, S.F. on Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. The g. parent bird was off the nest when I climbed up in the yellow Pine to see the nest. The parent birds both came rushing to the scene and called frantically. The g. even flew to the neighboring tree and perched, yelling at us. We saw a Tanager high up in a Yellow Pine singing his metallic, Robin-like call. A pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks were working about the top of a Golden Oak. At 12:45 Ida, Jean and I left camp - Jean to investigate the American Dipper's nest under the bridge near the ranger's station, Ida and Co. to hunt Sceloporus. Jean stopped at the bridge, while Ida and I took the road along the south bank of Kings River to Sentinel Camp. We hunted along logs and rocks - Ida caught seven Sceloporus in the course of the afternoon. Somewhere in the campground we parted and I set out for Jemswelt Meadows. I heard a Chipping Sparrow, Bartles Purple Finches, saw a Chipmunk. A Creeper worked up the huge trunk of a Yellow Pine. A flycatcher with dark sides and white front perched on a bare limb of a Valley Oak. On the trail to Roaring River Falls - I heard a Crossbill Vireo, Western Tanager, Chipping Sparrow, saw innumerable lizards which escaped.

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 30 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. As the trail dipped near the river, it went over sandy soil and under alders. As I proceeded here, I saw a beautifully striped stick lying in the middle of the path -- this is about 1/2 way between Bouring Davis Falls and Zumwalt Meadows. As it started to move, I recognized it for a snake and grasping my courage in one hand and my lizard glove in the other, advanced upon it. I noised it but the snake was too heavy for the noise while broke. Overcome by recklessness I advanced upon the snake barchanded, but froze when the thing turned and snapped at my ankle. It glided (the snake did) rapidly toward the river. Voices distracted my attention. Looking up I saw 2 women -- one of them an unidentified lady from Ventura. She confirmed my belief that the snake was a harmless Coral King Snake and joined in the chase. With her moral support plus her expert beating around the brush while I advanced upon my prey, I managed to corner the animal. It started to do a peculiar thing (previously it had gone 2 ft. from the river and slithered along a small limit) as -- before I

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 30 Cedar Grove, S. Fork King R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. could head him off). As we cornered him he started to burrow or slither into the soft earth near the river, headfirst. I grabbed it by the back of the neck and held on till it was safely in the bag. On my return trip, a rattler slithered into a pile of rocks near the trail, but this snake I did not attempt to collect. After dinner, the J. DeMay and the members of our party chatted briefly. Then most of us left to set traps. Ida DeMay and I set ours west of camp near the bridge across the low part of the West Fork of Sleep Creek - just before it joins King River. Ida set her traps below the bridge while I set my 15 Museum Special Mouse traps above, on the west bank of the creek. Upon our return, we sat about a campfire, toasted marshmallows and sang. Till 10:15 P.M. Species seen: Cassin's Vireo Western Robin Sceloporus Western Tanager Coral King Snake Black-headed Grosbeak Rattle Snake Chipping Sparrow Purple Finch Chipmunk Sierra Creeper

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 31 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Sheep Creek, 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. 3 Peromyscus trapped in 3 Museum Special Mouse traps. Had laid trap line of 15-Museum Special Mouse traps along the bank of the West Fork of Sheep Creek, just above the bridge crossing the west fork just south of its junction with S. Fork Kings R. The West Fork of Sheep Creek flows down the north facing slope of the canyon through Incense Cedar, Sugar and Yellow Pine and Mountain Masey-covered slopes. The traps were set under fallen logs, at the bases of trees and rocks along the bank of the stream (west bank) 5-20 feet from the water. In the diagram accom-panying this journal it can be seen that the first two Peromyscus (no. 116 or, and 118 g) were trapped under a fallen log-burn, and swarming with ants. The traps were set on the NE facing side of the log, in the fern needles which cover the forest floor. Associated plants are Mountain Masey, White Fir, Sugar Pine, Incense Cedar and Golden Oak. The or first Peromyscus was immature-showing that the breeding season is well advanced. The x² or g Peromyscus had 2 abdominal mammae showing the same thing. The last or x³ of Peromyscus

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Crowley 1942 Journal May 31 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Diagram of area where 3 Peromyscus were trapped. Weather bright, sunny, warm. D P IC L' x2 x' F S P L2 x4 W F S C Key: F: fir O: oak R: rock Br: brush I: Incense Cedar Sp: Sugar Pine Pp: Dead Pine X = trap 1-2-3 WFSC = West Fork Sheep Creek L' = Log no. 1 L2 = Log no. 2 S N W E F R Br R R R R O O X3 R R R R R

Crowley 1942 Journal May 31 Cedar Grove, S Fork Kingsk, 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. was trapped farther north, down the bank and nearer the water. This area is extremely rocky, has a greater slope than the other which is 20 ft. from the water. She no. 117 a Peromyscus was trapped at the roots of two Golden Oak trees in the sandy soil just above the rocks (see diagram). Dominated plants are Incense Cedar, and White Fir. This one had 13 mm. teeth showing that breeding condition, if not season, still con- tinued. Ida De May had set 15 traps below the bridge, on the west bank and had caught 1 Peromyscus. I prepared no's 116 and 117 after breakfast. After lunch I prepared the Coval King Snake - no. 115 - which refused to succumb to me ball of chloroform so I doubled the dose and he expired without kinking. The g Peromyscus, no. 118, I pre- pared last since it was in poor condition when collected from the trap - it had been badly nibbled by ants, which were swarming about its nose and leg when I first saw it. At 4:00 p.m. I walked over to the place where I had set my traps and diagrammed the area. Then hiked up the hill for a view of Grand Sentinel. Saw 2 Juncos building a nest, Calif Jays. Returned 7:30 P.M.

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Crowley 1942 Journal June 1. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 15 traps along West Fork of Sheep Creek above bridge near junction of Fork with S. Fork Kings River. Traps were set in same places as May 31 - along west bank of creek under Incense Cedar, Sugar and Yellow Pine, on pine needles, at edges of rocks and fallen logs. Caught 10 Peromyscus boylii under log (see diagram of area made May 31), which lie 1/2 ft. from log under which 2 Peromyscus were caught May 31. Prepared specimen in formon (no. 117). At 1:30 I set off on the road leading west from camp, to Sheep Creek Camp Grounds. On the way I saw a pair of Purple Finches on the topmost branches of an oak tree. A Flycatcher with a long tail and black throat wheeled and darted after insects from the same tree. Robins in pairs flew through the woods to either side of the road. A pair of Chickadees worked busily, feeding in the topmost branches of an oak on the road near the sign "Sheep Creek Camp". A Chipping Sparrow trilled from a conifer. A pair of Black-headed Grosbeaks were in the same oak as the Chickadees. She or Grosbeak sang beautifully as he fed. An Ash-throated Flycatcher perched on the bare limb of a Sequoia decurrens, 100 ft. up.

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Crowley 1942 Journal June 1, Cedar Grove, S. Fork King's R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Caly. The paved road ended and a dirt road led off along the south bank of the S. Fork King's R. Here a Cassin's Vireo said

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Crowley 1942 June 1 Journal Cedar Grove S. Forketings C. 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. Young Woodpecker flew to an alder tree and hammered. An enormous Plecoptera fly was the first animal I noted as I drew near the river's edge again; so the trail wound about the mountain. Again I left the bank of the river and climbed straight up this north facing slope of the canyon - south bank of the river. A deer trail was the only obvious part so I took it up to the top. When the loge became too numerous - across the Trail - and the path too precipitous, I acknowledged the superiority of the deer in this field and retraced my footsteps. I had passed by the C.C.C. Buildings which lay on the opposite side of the river. As I drew near the foot of the mountain, passed the C.C.C. building again and passed through the musty grove, I scrambled over rocks searching for the trail. About 20 ft. from the water's edge I stopped to peer about for the path. A crashing in the bushes caused me to look down at an alligator lizard looking up. I whipped out the trusty lizard note and specimen bag, noosed the beast and dropped him in the bag. The animal we

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Crowley 1942 Journal June 1 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. caught in the S. bank of the S. Fork of Kings River, midway between the CCC camp and Sheep Creek Campgrounds. The bank is heavily covered with small - 4 - 10 ft - Incense Cedar, and large rocks. Pine needles litter the forest floor. The area is in a north facing slope, shaded during the greater part of the day. Ground is damp. On the return trip I saw little of note - Robins, Coast Teller Jays and 7 lizards are memorou. At 7:15pm, Ida De May, Jean Russell and I took Museum Special Mouse traps to the end of the road in Sheep Creek Campgrounds. I set 18 Museum Special Mouse Traps on the south bank of the S. Fork Kings River. The traps were laid at the bases of trees and rocks 1 - 20 ft from water. Weather today sunny, warm, varying wind. June 2 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. Dr. Fisher and Bob Storrs arrived during the night with the museum truck. After watching the stars for several hours, I was distracted by the bright lights of the truck. They drove past the camp, turned about and came back, parked across the road. After crashing about

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Crowley 1942 journal June 2 Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R, 4600 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. across the road for several more hours, they settled for the night. They attempted to awaken us this morning by drumming on the wood- basin - but to no avail. Eventually we breakfasted, collected traps. I had set 18 Mu- ssen Special Mouse traps west of camp and past Sheep Creek Camp grounds, along a dirt road and trail leading along the south bank of S. Fork Kings R. The traps (13): were set along the margin of the stream and 5 up along the trail - 20 ft. from the river's edge. Traps 1, 8 and 13 had caught Oryzomyces. Trap 1 was set at the base, along a huge root of a Sugar Pine which shot up 5 ft. from the water. The floor of the forest was strewn with pine needles. Trap 8 was set along - beneath - a fallen log, near Incense Cedar and a huge rock, 5 ft. from the water. Both three traps were set on the bank or margin and below the path. Trap 13 was set above the trail - 20 ft. from the water and beneath a Golden Oak (small), near Sugar Pine and Incense Cedar. Trap 1 got No. 122, a O'Orzomyces. No. 8 caught Specimen no. 120, a q with abdominal mammae. Trap 13 got no. 121, a O'mi breeding condition. Breed- ing season is apparently well advanced - to be

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Crowley 1942 Journal June 2 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. still in breeding condition but q Peromyscus have no emb., usually 4 mammas, and young Peromyscus are fairly numerous. Traps were collected. He planned all morning I prepared the Sorex ornatus which Fisher & I had caught yesterday afternoon Storer collected while we collected our traps. At 1:00 P.M. I went up to wash and to my horror found a q Entomias quadrivittata in the latrine (Drowned). It made a good skin despite its gruesome death (ms. 126). At 4:30, Jean Bussock and I set out for the place where we had set our traps on the preceding night. He searched for the Dippers (I had seen a pair near where I collected my traps). He returned at 6:20 P.M., had dinner. Then Fisher, Storer, J Bussock, M. Redon, Ida DeMay and I set traps near the beginning of the trail to Grooming R. Falls. Weather cloudy. June 3 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. At 6:00 A.M. collected traps. Had set 20 Mu - samm Special Mouse traps 1 mi. W of mouth of Grooming R. in manzanita and Artemesia, near Pseudotsuga, 4800 ft. elev. Caught nothing. M. Redon caught 3 Peromyscus, 1 of which I skinned (No. 130). Bob Storer had caught 2

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Crowley 1948 Journal June 3 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Peromyscus, 1 of which I skinned (no. 131). Both were & with 10mm. tees, wt. 21.2 and 22.0 respectively - evidently young adult males. Muri, Bob and Ida had set their traps north of the road, nearer the river (400- 500 yards from river) Jean and I had set in about the same sort of habitat - Artemesia and Manzanita, - south of the road and nearer the north facing slope of the canyon. (Ida had also caught Peromyscus). He returned to camp, breakfasted and skinned till 10:00. Jean found another gopher in traps set south of camp at the base of the mountain. June 3 Camp Azalea, General Grant Headquarters, 6700 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. He broke camp in late forenoon, left Cedar Grove for General Grant Headquarters. Harvey and Bob took the truck, Jean and Ida rode in Ida's car, while Muri and I rode with Mrs. Grunnell. Harvey sug- gested that we see June Lake - a sort of historic spot. He turned off the road at the junction of Kings R. Highway with June Lake rd. and proceeded to the lake which is quite artificial-looking. Mrs. Grunnell had car trouble.

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Crowley 1942 Journal Park June 3 Azalea Camp, General Grant Headquarters 6700 ft., Fresno Co. Calif. While on the road to Home Lake, we saw tho- turn Robins, White-throated Swift sailing about above our car, Ground Squirrel, Mourning Dove, Wood Pewee, Turkey Vulture, and Coast Steller Jays. We had lunch at a picnic grounds near Home Lake, at 1:00 a.m. There we saw Chipping Sparrow, Goldfinch, Blackheaded Grosbeak, Brewer Blackbird, Wood Pewee, and a g. Indulbin Warbler, Oregon Junco and Western Robin. The weather during the morning was cold, cloudy at times, then again sunny but at all times bitterly windy. We left Home Lake, proceeded to Gen. Grant Headquarters (3:30 arrived). There Mrs. Grunnell get provisions, we bought footcards, and waited for the truck. Then Harvey and Bob arrived, they said they wanted to visit some meadow (since they had al- ready seen the General Grant Tree). So we saw the tree while Jean, Harvey and Bob saw the meadow. Ida and I, Mrs Grunnell and Marie took a camp patrol Camp Azalea, then hiked down to the General Grant tree. Then we first saw our campsite, it was already

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Crowley 1920 June 3 Park Camp Azalea, nr. Gen. Grant Headquarters, 6700 ft. Fresno Co., Calif. occupied by a Townsend Solitaire. Mrs. Brunnell located a Mt. Chickadee nest in a hole under a fallen log in the middle of our camp. As we started down the road toward Gen. Grant tree we saw a Hood Creeper, heard a Chipping Sparrow. He cut across the hillside through snowplant and june. As Mrs. Brunell pointed to the snowbush plant saying and said "This is exactly the sort of place 4 or Sparrows love to nest in." I opened a nest 2 ft from the ground in a snowplant thicket. She had been on the nest, flew away to the edge of the thicket, thence to a tree 200 yds away. She returned to a limb of a june 100 ft. from the nest and we identified her as a Fox Sparrow. There were 4 eggs in the nest - bluish gray eggs with brown streaks. He crossed the road and climbed up the roadside to see the shallow roots of an uprooted Yellow Pine. On a small yellow pine nearly, a g Robin sat on a nest 10 ft off the ground. She flew off as Marie climbed up the tree, and the bird stayed across the rd. There were 4 blue eggs in the nest. I saw a

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Crowley 1942 Journal Park June 3 Camp Azaleas, Mrs. General Grant Headquarters, 6700 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Mt. Chickadee pop its head out of a small round (old woodpecker's) hole in a dead stump - 3-4 ft. off ground. The bird flew away, returned and re-popped. Had a rest in the stump. He saw a Calif. Mule deer. He gazed in awe at the Gen. Grant tree, hiked along the trail to the north-west of it for 1 mi. There we heard a Mt. Juno, saw Gray Squirrel, Fly-catcher. We returned to the tree and as we exposed toward camp Mrs. Grennell identified a Red-breasted Nuttall for us. He saw this bird as we followed a small stream [which flows and eventually along the ravine to the SW of Gen. Grant tree]. Up near camp, we rejoined Harvey, Bob and Jean. They were out on a huge log in the middle of a meadow (very boggy meadow). Hyla were croaking and sliding Harvey's slingshot. He showed the others our 7 or Sparrow nest and returned to our camp site. We had dinner at 6:00 P.M. about. Bob fixed our first course - a snowball-fruit-cocktail. An old Princeton dish no doubt - a dash of orange and grape fruit laced with snow fresh from drifts.

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Crowley 1942 Journal June 3 Camp Azalea, nr. Gen. Grant Park Rdgs, 6700 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. After dinner Jean and Bob plucked birds while we all looked on. Weather cold, clear. June 4 351 Buena Vista Ave., S.F., Calif. We finished our last camping day with a bonfire and toasted marshmallows, to the accompaniment of Jean and her flute. Jean and her flute were accompan- ed by E[illegible], Hyla and owl. At 10:30 P.M. most of the party were storing up energy for the next day - and one was storing. The stars were large brilliant sequins on the clear midnight blue sky. Jean and I watched shooting stars for a while. At 4:50 this morning we started to break camp. We left at 5:30 A.M. for Fresno and breakfast. The morning (and night and how) was cold but clear. When the sun finally broke through the day warmed rapidly. We (Mrs. Ern- ell and Marie; Harvey - Bob- Jean in the truck; and Ida and I) drove on Highway 180 to Fresno. We saw a rabbit on the road, Mourning Dove on a fence post, Meadow Larks on fences. A Calif. Woodpecker clung to the side of a fence post. A Shrike dove.

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Crowley 1942 June 4 254 Bernaldosta Ave, San Francisco City & Co., Calif. Journal down off a telephone wire to something in the wheat field below. A Sparrow Hawk hovered above a wheat field then dove into it. A Ground Squirrel sat on a Fence Post. Linnets (?) in flocks flew over the fields. He came down from the pines into these grain fields through oak country. The transition from Canadian English Sparrows worked in pairs. Falcons (?) flew in pairs - swiftly over the fields. We reached Fresno at 7:25, breakfasted at Terry's Saddle Shop - had the specialty - Pat and Oda returned to Southern Calif. and continued on at 8:07 A.M., Linnets, Meadowlarks numerous. Heard Killdees. Reached Modera on Highway 99 at 8:31/2. Here we saw Meadowlarks, Brewer's Blackbirds, Linnets, Crows, Redwing Blackbird, Marsh Hawk (?), Sparrow Hawk. At 9:40 reached Merced, continued, seeing Blackbird flock, Redwings, Meadowlark, Black Jeyes above a plough, English Sparrows. Modesto 10:45. Here we turned off H 99 to Highway 132 which took us to Vernalis. From here we took 33 to Tracy, then 50 or as far as Walnut Creek, where we lunched. We followed the Fish Ranch Road into Ber-

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Crowley 1942 June 4 357 Buena Vista Ave, San Francisco City and Co., Calif. Keely. En route from Modesto we saw Brewer's Blackbird, Mourning Dove, Sparrow Hawks, a Western Kingbird, English Sparrow, Meadowlarks, a pair of Mourning Doves flying rapidly over the grain fields, a number of American Egrets in a glough of the San Joaquin R., a Black Phoebe carrying material to a nest, another Killdeer, Calif. Junoal, Redwing Blackbird, Hartley. At one of the points where the San Joaquin R. crosses the road, we saw many Cliff Swallows. Meadowlarks continued to be abundant, and another Turkey Buzzard was seen.) Mrs. Grunnell pointed out the view of Mt. Diablo - 2 peaks - from outside Tracy. At the Alameda Co., Calif. line, we saw Ground Squirrel on a fence post set in a field of Calif. Poppies. At 1:00 P.M. we stopped at Walnut Creek for lunch. Then took road through Clare- mont Canyon to Mrs. Grunnell's apt. After removing the first layer of camp life, Marie and I returned to San Francisco, got home at 4:20 P.M. Weather warm in midday. Cold morning and foggy at night.

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Crowley 1942 June 4 259 Buena Vista Ave San Francisco City & Calfi Journal As a summary of this trip, I ought say that the major part of the evidence is negative. Ostensibly a mammal- collecting trip, the expedition yielded more in reptiles and in bird notes than in mammal skins. I put up 32 specimens of which 14 were Sceloporus, 1 a Coral King Snake, 1 an alligator lizard, 1 a Microtus, 1 a chipmunk and the rest (14) were Peromyscus. The scar- city of specimens may be due to a num- ber of factors - inexperience of course, plus the cold temperature which reduce the number of mammals probably, plus the fact that breeding season is still in progress - hence this is the low time of year. De. this year's crop of young will swell the mammal population which at present is at low ebb due to the hardships of winter, etc. Peromyscus maniculatus and boylii are evidently the 2 most abundant mammals. we set for. O. truei is less abundant - I got the only one we girl caught- in sunnwalt, first time we trap- ped there. Sceloporus are abundant. Snakes are still sluggish - not so much in evidence

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Crowley 1942 June 4, 259 Buena Vista Ave., San Francisco City & Co., Calif. Journal Birds seen are beautiful, in breeding plumage. Young birds are not about much yet. Saw a couple of young American Dippers. Kings Canyon, where we camped, is all that the word canyon implies - a flat floor with sheer cliffs at some parts or more gently sloping sides at others. Sloping sides are covered first with Yellow Pine and Sugar Pine, Incense Cedar, Manzanita and Snowplant. Further up, the White Fir and Snow Bush creep in, yellow and Sugar Pine thin out, and Incense Cedar stage put. Pines of the 2 needle type is found in marshy mountain meadows - Lodgepole Pine it is, at about 7,000 ft. Weather conditions were superlative for putting up specimens - the few we had. Most days were cold in the morning, warming (with sun) to noon which was hot, then cooling off toward evening. One aft., and night it rained, and this night was the one I caught 2 animal in Zumwalt.

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Crowley 1942 Catalogue Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 22, 1942 100 ♀ abdom. Ceromyces maniculatus 215-109-22-22-22 ~ c 34.3 gm. 101 ♀ abdom. Ceromyces maniculatus 168-67-20-19-18 ~ c 26.3 gm E. Fork Sheep Creek, 5500 ft., Kings Canyon, Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 102 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 103 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) Sentinel Camp, nr. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 24, 1942 104 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 105 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 106 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 107 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 108 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 109 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) 110 Sceloporus gracivus (formalin) Zunwalt Meadow, 5000 ft., S. Fork Kings R., Fresno Co., Calif. May 26, 1942 111 → testes Ceromyces truesi 190-98-21-26-24 24.2 gm. 112 ♀ no emb. Merotus 158-52-21-15-14 26.0gm. May 27, 1942 113 ♀ abdom. mamme Ceromyces maniculatus 220-112-22-22-22 ~ c 36.7 gm.

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Crowley 1942 Catalogue Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 29, 1942 114 no emb. ♀ 4 ab. man. Ceromyces boylii 204-112-24-20-19 n e 29.4 gm. Nrs. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 30, 1942 115 Lampropeltis multicincta (formalin) Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 31, 1942 discarded 116 ♀ immat. Ceromyces maniculatus 129-62-19-18-17 n e 9.7 gm. 13 mm. 117 ♂ testes Ceromyces boylii 193-103-23-22-21 n e 27.2 gm. no emb exchange coll. 118 ♀ 2 ab. man. Ceromyces boylii 194-115-23-22-21 n e 23.9 gm. June 1, 1942 119 ♂ testes 12 mm. Ceromyces boylii 208-110-23-23-21 n e 28.0 gm. Nrs. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. June 2, 1942 no emb 120 g ♀ 4 ab. man. Ceromyces maniculatus 148-70-22-20-20 n e 21.1 gm. 15 mm. discarded 121 ♂ testes Ceromyces boylii 209-111-22-21-20 31.3 gm. 13 mm. 122 ♂ testes Ceromyces maniculatus 149-66-20-19-18 18.8 gm. 123 Gerchomtus multi-carinatus (formalin) 124 Sceloporus gracilis (formalin) 125 Sceloporus gracilis (formalin) Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. June 2, 1942 126 g 4 pr. no emb ♀ al.man. Entanias quadristriatus 258-113-35-25-20 n e 92.0 gm.

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Crowley 1942 Catalogue West Fork Sheep Creek, 6500 ft., Kings Canyon, Fresno Co. Calif. June 2, 1942 127 Sceloporus gracilis (formalin) 128 Sceloporus gracilis (formalin) 129 Sceloporus gracilis (formalin) 1 mi. W. mouth Roaring R., 4800 ft. Mr. Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co. Calif. June 3, 1942 10 mm. male /130 & testes Peromyscus maniculatus 154-73-20-19-19 26.2gm testis 10 mm. n c exchange /131 & testes Peromyscus maniculatus 157-71-20-21-21 22.0gm coll.

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Crowley 1942 Eutamias quadrivittatus June 2 Cedar Grove S. Fork King R. 4600 ft. Fresno Co. Calif. ♀ Chipmunk found drowned in washroom near camp. This Eutamias had 4 ps. abdominal mammae, no emb. Skin was wet, naturally, when found, but when rolled in sawdust, came out fairly presentable.

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Crowley 1942 Gerrhonotus multi-carinatus June 2 Ns. Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Inyo Co., Calif. Caught up alligator lizard I had noted the preceding day. Got him west of Sheep Creek Campground, along trail on S. bank of S. Fork Kings R. Lizard was going up bank, 20 ft., from water edge in dense underbrush, in 4-10 ft. tall Greenleaf Cedar, in and among rocks. Area on north facing slope, shaded. Ground damp. Rather sunny, hot.

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Crowley 1942 May 30 Mt Cedar Grove S Fork Kings R, 4600 ft, Fresno Co, Calif. Lampropeltis multicincta (115) Caught this Coral King Snake on the trail between Roaring R. Falls and Zumwalt Meadows, on the S. bank of the S. Fork of Kings R. Moved snake with lizard noose but snake was too heavy. So had to grab snake by the back of the head and put it into lizard bag. Animal was caught on bank of stream, 4 ft. from water, under alders, near rocks but in sandy soil. Day was warm, sunny. Snake was playing in shade of trees mostly but when first seen was in warm sunshine pointing toward river. Put snake up after chloroforming it slowly - to avoid kinks. Then slit snake's ventral side with longitudinal slit every 4 inches, and injected him (it ?) with formalin. Put him in formalin jar.

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Crawley 1942 May 26 Microtus californicus (?) Zimmwalt Meadow, S Fork Kings R., 5000 ft., Fresno Co. Calif. (112) 1 g caught in Museum Special Mouse Trap set at the southwest end of the meadow beneath a rosebush surrounded by grass, ten feet from a clump of alders. Had set 27 Museum Special Mouse traps and 1 rat trap about edges of meadow. Also caught 10 Pers amysca tunei in a mouse trap. Both animals were wet - it rained on the preceding afternoon and that night.

"Crowley 1942 Ceromyscus boylii May 29 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R. 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 22 traps (Museum Special Mouse Traps) just north and across highway from ranger's station at Cedar Grove, at base of mountain. Caught 1 q Ceromyscus boylii, with 4 abdominal mammae and no embryo, in a trap set under a fallen tree near manzanita and Penicillium (?) on a sandy hillside. May 31. Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R. 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 15 Museum Special Mouse Traps along that fork Sheep Creek just above bridge near junction of fork with S. Fork Kings R. Traps were set along N. bank under rocks, incense cedar, golden oak, sugar and yellow pine and logs. Caught 2 Ceromyscus boylii: 1 q with testes 13 mm., 1 q with no embryo, but with 2 abdominal mammae. q was trapped 10 ft. from stream at the base of two Golden Oaks on the sloping bank of the creek. She q was trapped beneath a fallen log 20 ft. from the stream on a north facing slope covered with pine needles and mountain mairy. June 1 Cedar Grove S. Fork Kings R. 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 15 Museum Special Mouse traps in same place as May 31. Caught 1 q Ceromyscus boylii with 12 mm. testes in trap set under fallen log 30 ft. from stream, on north facing slope covered by Mountain Mairy and pine needles. No. 119.

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Crowley 1942 June 2 Cerambyx boylei Mr. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calj. (121) 1 ∗ , 15 mm. cole, trapped west of camp and west of Sheep Creek Campgrounds along the S. bank of Kings R. Had set 18 Museum Special Monotrap on the bank of the South Fork of Sheep Kings R., near the dirt road in Sheep Creek Campgrounds. His ∗ was caught in a trap baited with walnut, set beneath a fallen log near Liveace cedar and a huge rock, 5 ft. from the river.

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Brooklyn 1942 Peromyscus maniculatus May 22 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings River, 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. May 22, 1942 Set 15 traps near junction of East Forks of Sheep Creek and South Fork of King's River -10 along drain and 5 on banks of Sheep Creek. Caught 2 Peromyscus maniculatus. 1 in trap set at side of Pinus sabina fallen near trail. Pinus jeffreyi; Abiesline decurrens and Pinus sabina are true pines. No grass, few bushes. Pine needles form blanket on floor of canyon. Trap set on east side of log, just below young Sugar Pine growing up near fallen log. Second mouse caught at base of Abies Abies decurrens, 1 foot from drain. Trap set on west side of tree, just at base. Of other traps set along drain, one had black ant working on bait, another had gray spider working on bait. Both Peromyscus caught were females with 4 abdominal mammas and no embryos. No. (1000) (101). May 27 Zumwalt Meadow, 5000 ft., S. Fork Kings R., Fresno Co., Calif. (113)/9 with 4 ab. mammas and no emb. Trapped in willows thicket 15 ft. from Talus slope and open meadow. Animal trapped under large roots and branches of willow, lying half in water. Baited 27 Museum Special Mouse traps & 1 rat traps. No other catch.

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Crowley 1942 Cerronymys maniculatus May 31 Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 15 Museum Special Mouse Traps along West Fork Sheep Creek just above bridge near junction of Fork and S. Fork Kings R. Caught 1 Cerronymys maniculatus - premature - in trap set beneath fallen log, on south side of stream, 20 ft. from water. Also got 2 Cerr- June 2 Mr. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Set 18 Museum Special Mouse Traps west of Sheep Creek Campground along a dirt road and a trail, on the south bank of Kings R. 15 traps were set on margin of stream. 1st one was set at base of Sugar Pine, 5 ft. from water. Caught (12) ♂ Cerronymys with 13 mm. Ticks. 8th trap set along margin of stream was beneath a fallen log, near Incense Cedar and a huge rock, 5 ft. from here Caught (12) ♀ with 40s. mommac. Or maniculatus. Stream, 20 ft. from the water, and above the trail, I set another trap beneath a small Golden Oak, near Sugar Pine and Incense Cedar. This trap caught a ♂ with 15 mm. Ticks (12) but this Cerronymys was probably boylii. June 3/1 mi. N mouth of Roaring R., 4800 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. vs. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R. The M. Redon & Bol Store caught 2 Cerronymys maniculatus nos. (130) & (131) put up by me: Each of

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Crowley 1942 Ceromyces mamealatus June 3/ mi. W. mouth of Roaring R., 4800 ft. Fresno Co. Calf. nr. Cedar Grom, S. Fork Kings R. ms - Hoover, M. Redin, J. De May, Jean Greenil and me - had set 25 traps in Man- zonia and Artemesia near Juni. This spot was in a different locality from any we had set in before. Total catch was only slightly better than previous ms. - Marie got 3 Ceromyces, Bob got 2, Idea got 1, I got none and ditto for Jean. Both animals I put up were o with 10mm. tests.

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Crowley 1942 May 26 Peromyscus truei Zimmwalt Meadows S Fork Kings R. 5000 ft, Fresno Co., Calif. (11/10) Peromyscus truei caught in Museum Special Mouse trap set just below the table slope, at the S. east end of the meadow, between an alder and a huge rock, in grass. Animal was very wet - it rained the pre- vous afternoon and night. Had set 27 Museum Special Mouse traps and 1 rat trap about the edge of the meadow. Also caught 1 Microtus californicus.

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Crowly, 1942 Sceloporus gracilis May 23 E. Fork Sheep Creek, 5500 ft., Kings Canyon, Fresno Co., Calif. May 23, 1942 (102) (103) 2 Sceloporus taken on trail leading to top of mountain, near E. Fork Sheep Creek. First lizard taken on east facing slope of mountain, above trail, under bush. Second lizard taken on southeast facing slope, below trail, on rocks surrounded by Mountain Mallow. Areas in which Sceloporus were taken were exposed to the morning sun (10:30-11:30), free from trees or bushes large than 5 ft. Mountain Mallow was the pre-dominant growth with a few scrubby little oaks. Rocks and streams of ants were abundant. About 50 ft. or 200 yards away, were Yellow Pine, Sugar Pines and Incense Cedars. May 24 Sentinel Camp, on Cedar Drive, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. Mini Sceloporus caught: four baby ones, five large. Two taken in campground from logs lying on hot, rocky hillside facing north. Other seven captured at side of road on rocks. Large number of flies about rocks, providing food for lizards. One baby was caught with fly's wing protruding from its mouth. No's: 104-110.

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Crowley 1942 Sceloporus graciosus June 2 N.S. Cedar Grove, S. Fork Kings R., 4600 ft., Fresno Co., Calif. H. Fisher and B. Storer got 2 lizards west of Sheep Creek Campgrounds on the dirt road along the south bank of Kings R. June 2 Heat Fork Sheep Creek, 6500 ft., King Canyon, Fresno Co., Calif. H. Fisher and B. Storer got 3 lizards up the hill to the south of camp.

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