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CANON CONTREROS, FEB. 24, 1949

WE DROVE TO 16,200 FEET AND COLLECTED
IN THE FIR WOODS THERE. THE FIT BELT STARTS
AT 9,500 AND CONTINUES AS HIGH AS WE WENT. BELOW
THE FIR BELT IS PINE, WITH A SPRINKLING OF OAK.
THIS SHOWS A GRADUAL TRANSITION TO MUCH OAK
AND LITTLE PINE, AND FINALY NO PINE. SMALL SIDE
CANONS HAVE STREAMS FED BY MT. SPRINGS. ALL
STREAM BEDS & SPRING SOURCES ARE QUITE ROCKY.
CARLA WAGNER AND I WORKED UP A SMALL STREAM,
TURNING ROCKS IN AND ON THE EDGES OF THE STREAM.
NOTHING THERE. I TRIED ROCKS ON THE SIDE OF
THE HILL, NO LUCK TILL I GOT TO THE EDGE OF A SMALL
WET AREA, FED BY SEVERAL SPRINGS. I FOUND 3
'OEDIPUS UNDER ROCKS, THE UNDERSIDE BEING
FAIRLY DRY, OR ONLY DAMP. THERE WERE NO
SALAMANDERS IN THE VERY WET AREAS.

I WENT DOWN ABOUT 150 FT TO A LEVEL
AREA WHICH HAD BEEN USED AS A CAMPSITE, AND
WHICH WAS DAMP ALL OVER, AS A SMALL STREAM
CROSSED IT. IT WAS ALMOST MARSHY. AGAIN
IN THE DRYER PART, I TURNED A ROCK AND FOUND
A HYLA LAFRENTZI. HE DID NOT TRY TO GET AWAY.
HELMUT SAYS HE HAS NEVER SEEN THE SPECIES
BEFORE.

CANON CONTRERAS, FEB. 25, 1949. A. M.

WE ARRIVED IN THE WOODS BEFORE THE SUN
HAD FULLY COME UP, AND THE AIR AND GROUND WERE
QUITE CHILLY. I FOLLOWED A SMALL CANYON, WITH
WHAT MUST BE A FAIRLY PERMANENT WATERFLOW.
I FOUND NOTHING NEITHER IN THE STREAM OR IN