Field notes, v1360
Page 119
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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