Hoffmeister 1940 Itinerary July 6 1 mi. W Guerneville, Sonoma County, California Drove from Berkeley via Santa Rosa to Guerneville, then to Armstrong Redwood State Park 3 mi. north " , and on to present site which is actually Guernewood Park, along Hulbert Creek, 1 mi. W Guerneville. From here last night, drove 1½ and 2 miles respectively from here towards Monte Rio, and set traps at both places along north side of Russian River. This whole area is in the Transition Life-zone with a good growth of young redwoods, Arbutus, and also some Baccharis, Umbellularia, blackberry, and plenty of poison oak. Set out the following traps at the above localities which are best designated thus: 1 mi. W Guernewood, 8 mouse and 2 rat traps caught 2 Peromyscus (maniculatus), 1 ad. 1 jiv.; 2 mi. S.W. Guerneville, 25 mouse and 2 rat traps, Peromyscus tenei Peromyscus maniculatus, 7 ; and 1 mi. S Guerneville, 3 Peromyscus maniculatus (2♂, 1 ad + 1 jiv.; 1♀ad(?)). All were cought in small gullics, tributary to the Russian River, grown with blackberry, poison oak, redwood, Arbutus, Lithocarpus, Umbellularia, Trilium, ferne (sparsely) and few other vines (not known). During day, 3 mouse traps were set to catch birds, as can't shoot here, but the results were that two disappeared in about 4 hrs. Obtained the garter snake when went to set out traps this evening 2½ mi. S Guernville. Two snakes were seen less than a foot apart. Only 1 was gotten captured. The snake coiled after a fashion and held its head as if to strike when I tried to get it out of a rock crevice. Birds heard and