Field notes, v1313
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Sullivan 1949 Carmes skittonianus -1- Aug 22 French Camp, 3100 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. 1 small one collected from under a stone in the middle of a barren, stone strewn serpentine slope - sun was really boiling down on this side. On a Cincense Cedar Doug. fir forest without ground cover. -Another larger one was seen but not collected- in the wire grass (sp?) opening on the edge of the Tan Oak forest on the slope S of camp. It was among the sticks and fallen leaves of a nearby Madrone - also some wire-grass scattered thru and a sparse number of Broken Fern. The small one was [illegible] discovered when a stone was picked up, it flashed out and under 2 or 3 other stones before being cought at about 1 p.m. The second one- larger one - was out, perhaps foraging, and ran for shelter when I approached - at about 3 p.m. - and was in an area fully exposed to the hot afternoon sun. Aug 27 3 mi. N Willow Creek, 2400 ft, Humboldt Co., Calif. 1 fairly large individual seen running for- sheleter while I was walking along the Cedar Meebo Creek Trail up Wetman Ridge - on top of the ridge in fact. It had been in Tan oak leaf litter and escaped into a cover of Evergreen Huckleberry. Time 12:35 p.m., and where the