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V. Memmled
1943
Perognathus californicus
June 6, Santiago Springs, 2100 ft., 8 mi. E & 1/2 mi. S Simmler, Sh. D Co., Calif.
neither of the ?'s had embryos. There were Peromyscus maniculatus caught this time also.
The adult ? caught yesterday was kept alive because she had milk. The young
were put with her in the hope that she would adopt them and let them feed. She
however seemed to ignore them completely.
The infants survived the night and also
the journey home today. I carried
them in a small box 4 1/2 x 3 1/2 x 1/2 with
cardboard
a wrapping cotton lining and perforations
in the lid. We stopped to feed them
milk about every two hours along
the way. I fed them again at
midnight when we got home. I keep
them in the same small box at night
in my bed. One mouse had one eye open today.
June 7, M.V.Z., Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
The young P.C.'s were fed milk (Klein)
twice at home at 7 and 9 a.m. and then taken to
M.V.Z. They ate Klein again at 11 and 12.
At 1 o'clock they were not very much
interested in milk'. They wandered about
the large box I had them in and kept
gnashing their teeth. Tom Rogers went
out and got some green wild Oats and