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Kaye -1933.
Rankin Ranch, Walker Basin,
Nov. 12, 1933.
380 Neotoma fuscipes (R.M.G.) or wt: 291 370-170-39-31
381 Eutamias merriami or wt: 78 260-110-34-21
382 Peromyscus truei ♀ wt: 23 205-108-23-27
383 Peromyscus truei ♀ wt: 22 190-97-24-25
384 Peromyscus truei or wt: 23 202-106-23-26
385 Peromyscus truer (R.M.G.) ♀ wt: 34 200-104-23-25
386 Peromyscus truei (R.M.G.) ♂ wt: 23 190-98-23-25
387 Peromyscus truei (R.M.G.) or wt: 26 202-105-23-26
389 Virginia rail ♀ wt: 86 ad
390 Neotoma fuscipes (R.M.G.) or wt: 132 315-153-32-29
391 Horned lark ♂ wt: 28 ad.
Last night I drove up the canyon at the east end of the basin, to look the country over and to set traps. In the first place the whole canyon is a game preserve. In the second place, the canyon is heavily grazed by sheep and cattle. Consequently, it isn't the most ideal place to hunt and trap. I did look the place over thoroughly. I saw very little sign. A few dipsos, no perognathus.
However I set 10 traps up on a rocky hillside, and 12 in the flats at the foot of the canyon. I also hunted the area. I was lucky and got three bush tits, two plain titmouses, and one brewick wren. This morning I hunted the whole canyon and didn't get