Field notes, v1313
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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