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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).