Field notes, v1502
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Murray 1947 Neotoma fuscipes Aug 13 Big Lagoon, Humboldt Co., Calif. Found a nest in a redwood stump 10 feet high. There was a pile of twigs on top, but evidently the bulk of the nest was down in the much rotted stump. Aug 17 Same location, 400ft. Set 5 traps for 4 nests in redwoods on the hillside above the lagoon, and NNE of camp. Trees were in dense small patches. In one there were 2 ground nests and one in a tree, all built from redwood leaves and branches. In another group had 1 tree nest 10 ft up. Also found a nest in brush nearby and set a trap. There was some gnawing on the bark of redwood trunks, usually in bands. It was not deep, and never to the cambium. Aug 18 Same location Caught 1♀ in nest in tree, alone in a small grove. Nest about 10 ft high; trap on one ledge of it. There were fresh Mimica californica leaves visible in one hole. Also took 1♂ in nest in the brush. Aug 20 French Camp, 3100ft., Humboldt Co., Calif. Caught 1♀ in a museum special mouse trap; fir and incense cedar, not too thick, with shrub growth of Rhododendron occidentale,