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Kaye -1933.
SW part Walker Basin, Kern Co.,
-Nov. 8, 1933.
shot at a cottontail in the willows. I hit him breaking one or both hind legs,
but he got into a hollow tree before I
got to him. I couldn't get him out.
347 Perognathus inornatus ♀ wt: 7.5 126-68-18-7
348 Thomomys bottae ♀ wt: 93.2 195-67-26-7
349 Horned lark & wt: 26.5 ad.
- Summary -
In one way this has been a
pretty good camp. We got a new
mammal, the mole, and seven
birds new to the expedition. We got
a fair start on our horned lark series,
as well as improving, or increasing
several other series.
In another way, particularly
to me this has been a poor camp. I
spent so much time trying to get
prognathus inornatus and only
got two. I had a hard and not
uninteresting section of the basin from
which to take specimens. Also I
didn't put up many specimens.
Last winter's snow lay on the
floor of the basin for several weeks. That
fact plus, poisoning, cultivation, and
grazing probably accounts for the