Hoffmeister 1942 Itinerary June 22 (cont.) Imi. W Benton, 8300 ft., Mono Co., Calif. (with the hopes of possibly catching Peromyscus crinitus or P. truei). Caught 10 Peromyscus maniculatus. Made 3 gopher peta but 2 of them where plugged and the 3rd unsprung. Shot 2 Citellus beldingi. The meadow has a large population of these squirrels and there are many young out. I could have caught some young by hand had I so chosen, as they ran only part way down the hole upon slow approach. As I entered the meadow, a Mustela frenata, carrying something in its mouth (an object smaller than even a young Citellus beldingi), ran to the entrance of a Ground Squirrel hole. After a few seconds hesitation, it ran down the hole. Although I waited for over an hour at some distance from the hole, no weasel reappeared. I set some Schuyler traps around the entrance hole. During the mornings hunt, I shot a Eutamias minimus (no. 872) out of a Jeffrey pine, at a height of 20 feet above the ground. Previously I shot at another E. minimus which was eating Artemisia leaves on a Jeffrey pine stump, 5 feet above the ground. Eutamias quadrivittatus occur more abundantly in and around this meadow and climb the pines and aspens readily, making frequent use of the woodpecker holes in these trees as refuge places. Many were wounded in the trees but were able to take refuge in such holes before they could be retrieved.