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I.F. Hoffmeister
1939
Itinerary
June 28, 1939
11 mi. NE Weed, ft., Siskiyou Co., Calif.
The party left the museum yesterday, June 27,
at 9:30 A.M. in the Dodge truck and a Dodge
Sedan. The party was composed of David
Johnson (in charge), Chattin, Hooper, Davis, and
Longhurst (whom we picked up at Cordelia)
between myself. We drove north on U.S. Highways
40 and 99 W. The weather was cool and overcast
when we left Berkeley, but it was hot through
the Sacramento valley. Made camp at the above
locality about 8:00 P.M. and then set out 3¾ traps.
In the about 3½ miles traveled, I counted 9
rabbits killed on the highway and Johnson saw
shunk. I saw 1 Lepus c. californicus about 5 miles
SW (by highway) of Cordelia and 2 Citellus beckyi
douglasii about 2 mi. SW (by highway) of Dixon.
This camp locality is in the general vicinity of
the now completely abandoned town (trailroad
section site) of Delaney. To the north and southwest,
within 100 yds. in each direction from camp,
there are low hills strewn with lava boulders.
The whole region is in the Transition Zone, with
a few Linus panderosa, Juncerus occidentalis,
Russia tridentata, Arctostaphylos sp?, Artemesia
tridentata, and a rather abundant supply of
some type of bunch grass. There were quite
a number of Bufo hopping around last
night, collecting one, which appeared to