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LIDICKER
1972
March 11 cont.
were 2 from Whalsay, the rest being 3 Apodemus.
Then we lost 60 from Oldshury. These mice were dead,
leaving 4 live ones which gave food & water & kept
together with the Apodemus. Then we drove
to Scalloway on the West Coast when we went to
the home of David Robertson (local artificial insemination
officer). We just sampled their freezer & resided there
until about 0445.
March 12
Didn't get back to Lerwick until about 0100.
At 1000 went back to school. For 2 ff Apodemus
we took island samples & followed the roads for H.
Grineberg. The 3rd one, a S, broke into a
museum skin (LZL # 3268). Then I obtained a
S and F of the remaining mice (# 3269, 3270). Four
mice were thus thrown away (2 dead yesterday & 2 of the
4 kept overnight):
F jun. 14.2 g. } dead
S 28.6 g.
S 15.7 g. "} killed
S 19.8 g.
After lunch we drove to Scalloway & then out to Tontta
Island & West Burra. We parked near a house called
Sandwich, walked to W coast, S to Barra Main (a
large bay) & the back N along the east coast of West
Burra. It was windy & mostly overcast although the sun
peaked through occasionally. Then we returned to