Field notes, v1445
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Lilleland 1933 Contd July 30 Itinerary- After collecting the traps, I hunted up the canyon. Shot a 'woodhouse jay', a tanager, Piranga ludoriciana and at the head of the canyon a Eutamias quadriuit. attus. The latter was on a vertical rock wall a short distance from a small spring. The vegetation in this canyon was quite different from that in Burned Corral Canyon proper. Conspicuous were a small leaved maple, firs and limber pines. Birds were plentiful. Chickadees, Rock Sparrows, grosbeaks (black headed) Clarks' Crows in addition to those previously mentioned occurred in numbers. Was disappointed in not getting the Bushy Tailed Rat especially since faces and burrows or nesting materials pointed so directly to his presence. Frequent caves made this locality especially desirable for the life of the Bushy Tail. July 31st Hunted up the valley E of the road to Sharps. Shot a young towhee, a chickadee and what I took to be a Vermifora lutescens. Saw a large doe just above a rock slide E and N of the only spring that I found along this route. Worked up the canyon to the saddle between the