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Oct 1931
5 mi. S Millett, 5500 ft., Nye Co., Nev. 48
Sept. 13, 1931
Set out 85 mouse traps last night west
and north of camp. Country is flat and
soil is hard dry alkaline type covered
with brush ranging from 2 to 4 feet
in height. This a.m. traps contained
1 Onychomys leucogaster brevicaudis
and 3 Peromyscus maniculatus sonorinus.
Desert Jack Rabbit droppings very abund-
ant.
Specimens collected on Sept. 12, 1931, N side Truckee
River, 4500 ft., 11 3/4 mi. E Reno, Washoe Co., Nev.
✓ #274 Sylvilagus nuttalli graueri - ♂ 350-44-88-65-(81) skull only
✓ #275 - Ceragnathus formosus - ♂ 191-104-25-10
✓ #276 - Peromyscus m. sonorimus - ♀ 159-65-20-15.5
✓ #277 - " " " " " -♂ 155-63-19-16.5
✓ #278 - " " " " " -♀ 162-70-20-16
→ Specimens taken 5mi. S Millett, 5500ft., Nye Co., Nev. Sept. 13, 1931
✓ #279 - Onychomys l. bicicaudus - ♂ -145-37-20-19 wt. 21.3g.
✓ #280 - Dipodomys levispes - ♀ -276-156-42.3-13 wt. 61.8g
✓ #281 - Cutaneus minimus pictus - ♂ -202-89-29-14.5 wt. 35g.
Shot a chipmunk (#281) this P.M. down around
a lot of Buffalo Brush. Took a number of meas-
urments of jack rabbit forms. Dug out some
old Pigmy Rabbit burrows but failed to find any
inhabited.
Put down to an area that contains a