auti Blair 1976 Journal 12 3/4 mi. W. Rausberg, Kern Co, California. January 24 Left Berkeley at 9:40 a.m. in company of my wife, Bonna. Drove south on I-5, turning west onto (Cal 14) Highway 58 at Bishopfield, thence north on US 395 to Mohave. Turned east again on the Sparlock Road, and drove 3/4 mi. past the road to Salt Dale. Here a dirt road headed onto Kohen Bog lake bed, and we drove about 70 yards off the highway and camped. -- see map: Sparlock Rd. Traplines Dirt Road Limit of Vegetation saltdale This locality is as described to me by Don Lester of Los Angeles C. Museum, "in saltwash between bare ground and creosote bush belt." Arriving at about 5:00 p.m., we set out 4 loops of 40 traps each, in each quadrant formed by the dirt crossroads, the long axis of the boye running parallel to the road. Daytime weather was clear (except for haze blowing in through Telegraph pass, but otherwise sunny), temperatures reaching the mid-60° F range. The habitat was Alkali-Sink, with a grade into creosote bush scrub as one progressed from the lake. Atriplex confertifolia was the dominant plant, growing