Hoffmeister 1939 Itinerary Abee, f t., Umatilla Co., Oregon Levis collected a Citellus columbianus, made 2 settings for Thomomys. The region appears to be fair Transitional zone, with Pinus ponderosa, Pseudotsuga taxifolia, and a small amount of Alnus incolor. Caught nothing in the settings of gopher traps. July 31 N.E. edge Alkali Lake, 4200 ft., Lake Co., Oregon Broke camp yesterday at 10:50 A.M. and drove via U.S. Highway 395 to Burns, where we had dinner, and then on to this locality, arriving about 6:30 P.M. last evening. Along the highway where it crosses the Blue Mountains, I saw many live Eutamias amoenus, Citellus lateralis, + Citellus beldingi. There were quite a few Lepus townsendii killed on the highway, and Johnson picked me up at 5 1/2 mi. N Long Creek. There was a large Erethizon run over on the highway along the N Fork John Day R., 1/4 mi. NW mouth of Desolation Creek. Saw 2 more Erethizon, 1 adult and 1 young about 50 yards apart on the highway 6 mi. S Canyon City. The farthest south visual record yesterday for Citellus columbianus was one, apparently a near adult, crossing the highway 4 mi. SE Beech Creek. Set out 55 museum special mouse traps last night along the northeastern edge of Alkali Lake, now dry, and will a