Field notes, v1442
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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