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Sullivan
1949
Journal.
164
Aug 27
3miles N Willow Creek, 700 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif.
My Salad, Evergreen Huckleberry and a
Dogwood Cornus sessilis. Until I dug
into this stream, the exposed water was limited
to a few small pools, less than 1 foot across
and not over 3 inches deep, otherwise the water
was completely concealed under moss covered
stones that were flat, 1-2 inches thick by
4-8 inches long. There seemed to be a great
abundance of an aquatic leopard in the same
modest, as water sealed, situation in which
I found Lychnostrotum. After photographing
this area I took off for camp. Near where
I found the Raster Snake, I collected a
Gerrhonotus. On further down the trail I
got another Gerrhonotus and while passing
through the Douglas Fir-Tan Oak Forest I
heard a number of rustlings which I think
were skinks. Just before I left the Douglas
Fir with Tan Oak understory I badly
shot up but collected a Gerrhonotus. Entering
the Black Oak Forest a few feet further on
I started finding Sceloporus, and was
able to collect two. In one Douglas
Fir forest without understory a Gray Squirrel
leaped onto the trunk of a fir and quickly
ran up to the top of the tree. The
further I went down hill through the Oak