Field notes, v1467
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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