Dullon 1949 Citellus merchiensis -1- Sept 1 1 mi. W Branman Mtn., 3400 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. 1 of 2 young animals taken in a log pile at a loading area in the cut-over Douglas Fir forest about 1/2 mile N of Johnson Prairie. This area is quite open but without grassy cover, except for the immediate area disturbed by logging operations the ground is well covered with Tanoak forest, the former understory for the now decimated Douglas Fir Forest. Sept 9 Red Mtn., 5300 ft., 14 mi S Hayfork, Trinity Co., Calif. 1 medium sized individual collected at 11:10 a.m. These animals prove extremely difficult to collect although they are frequently encountered. They are very shy and seldom get far from their holes. This one, despite a terrific load of shot in its body, still got under cover when I had difficulty getting it. On the 7th at least two that I'm sure were mortally wounded were able to tumble from their top of a rock spout into their holes and safety. Every one I have encountered (and that is about two dozen in the first mile of ridge S of camp) has been sitting on top of a broken mass of rocks. Their holes on this ridge are exclusively in the large cracks and crevices among these broken rock out crops. Only two have been seen off of one of these outcrops and both of those