Field notes, v1511
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Oct 1931 South-west base from Baldy, 7200 ft. Lincoln Co., Nevada May 31, 1931 Shot a Lazuli Bunting which was sing- ing on top of a clump of Sage Brush. 4:30 P.M. - Shot a young cottontail (no. 156) which was sitting in sunny spot in grass about five feet from the brush. Sat up very erect as I approached. Thirty traps that had been out all day contained only one shipment (Cutanias glossalis). Six of them had been spring- the young cottontail that Hall captured yesterday weighed 14 grams. It squealed very often, opening its mouth as it did so, when I held it. This ceased after a minute or so. It can't run fast, but just takes small hop. Hall took it out of a nest on top of the ridge south of Grony Baldy. He said the nest was on a slope beneath a pine tree. The cavity was beneath pine needles and lined with rabbit fur, the entrance being disguised (see Hall's notes).