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Lilleland 1933
Itinerary.
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July 7. The catch was entirely made up of Microdipodops.
Nine were males, seven females. Microdipodops mega cephalus as the species name indicates has
an unusually large head, most pronounced being
the auditory bullae. Another interesting characteristic
is the tail enlarged for support in the center.
Late in the afternoon I went with Steve
Durrant and Paul T. Wilson into the foothill
Region back of the Stone-house. We drove to
a point about a mile back of the house. A
small creek runs down into the Monitor Valley
from this point running just 50 feet
from the house in the valley. I set
out most of my fifty eight traps around the
hillside to the N of the stream. In order to
test differences due to presence of succulent grasses
I set about 10 traps along the stream.
July 8. Results of previous days trapset were:-
16 Peromyscus maniculatus, 2 Peromyscus crinitus,
2 Perognathus parvus, 1 Microtus mordax (by stream),
and I shot 1 Sylvilagus idahoensis. The Peromyscus
crinitus were taken at the end of a small V shaped
wash.
Left Stone house at 2:50 pm. Drove to
Belmont. Started for Tybo - but confusion
in maps and signs resulted in Reconsideration
and we ended up at Tonopah at 5:30 We had
dinner at Tonopah Club and departed from