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Kaye-1933
9 mi. S, 6 mi. W, Chico, 100 ft. Butte Co., Calif.
Sept. 21, 1933.
Our deer hunt this morning yielded two specimens - one doe, and one doe-fawn. I got the fawn; from-
MVZ S9932- 10.5 mi. S, 7.5 mi. W, Chico, 100', Butte Co., Calif.
121 Odocoiles & 1160-140-370 (notch 16)
(crown 170), (width 100). Wt: = 50 lbs.
Sept. 21, 1933.
122 Crotalus oregonus - 10.5 S, 7.5 mi. W, Chico.,
100', Butte Co., Calif. Sept. 20, 1933.
We have got some more inform-
atim on the deer now. There are practically no parasites on them except ticks. We found, besides the ticks, just one larvae (fat & large) in between the skin and the body at the base of the neck. Also we know pretty well what they eat, both from seeing them feed, from seeing plants eaten, and by examining the con-
tents of their stomachs. From all the information we can gather it seems to me that they feed chiefly on oak leaves. We always find oak leaves in their stomach contents, and always these leaves seem to have been the body of the "meals". Though once we found many "ground cherries" in a stomach. This fact - that they