Field notes, v1313
Page 521
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Gullion 1949 Cutamias townsendii -/- Sept. 1 3 1/2 mi. W Willow Creek, 2600 ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. I called out of the brush my Pygmy Owl calls and collected from under a dense forest canopy of Tan Oak without much underbrush. There was a little Masonic in the vicinity and very deep leaf litter on the ground. Sept. 6 Red Mtn. 14 mi. S Hayfork, 5300 ft., Trinity Co., Calif. I caught in a rat trap set about 2 feet above the ground on a leaning Abies concolor. At 7 a.m. when I picked it up, the body was still warm, indicating recent capture. The air was still plenty cool and fog on the top of the trees. This animal is not especially common here, but can be distinguished from the two other local chipmunks by its much lower voice and its preference for wooded areas, especially near water, which is the situation in which the above animal was taken. On Brannan Mtn., NW of Willow Creek in Humboldt Co., I heard this species, a few - in the Pine-Cedar Open Forest on the S side of the summit in the area occupied by E. sonomae, the later species being much more abundant. Here again these two species occur