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Orr 1931
San Antonio, 5400 ft., Nye Co., Nev.
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Sept. 16, 1931
#308 Microdipodops - /59-85-24-9 Wt. 11/19.
Set 30 traps last night, 13 mi. NE San Antonio, in fairly flat country covered with low brush 1 foot or so high. Ground is sandy with small amount of gravel on top. Lots of open space between bushes.
Went south 1 1/2 miles and set out 124 traps in country quite similar to above. Ran across a snake track and followed it 1/2 mile without results. Getting late so we went back to set traps.
This morning traps 11 1/2 mi. NE San Antonio contained 10 Microdipodops, 1 Amy- chomys l. brevicaudis,
Traps 13 mi. NE San Antonio contained 3 Microdipodops and 2 Dipodomys sipes.
All of the microdipodops were trapped on top of the small rises, none taken in the depressions.
Sept. 16, 1931
Last night we went 6 miles north of San Antonio and set out 49 traps. Locality was on other side of a wash from which we have been trapping. Small lake dam- med up by which the road passes over to Manhattan, 6 miles away.
We just drove south 1 1/2 miles to a