Palmer 1934. Neotoma lepida Cottonwood Spp., 1 mi. W Old Woman Spp., San Bernard ino Co., Calif. Dec 29 Caught 3 in 5 rat traps. One was taken in front of a hole under a bush in the side of a wash-bank. Another was taken on black lava rocks on a rather steep hillside. The third was taken in a trap set by a large nest between two very large rounded granite boulders. This nest was made up of sticks, stones up to 1 1/2 in. diameter, bones, horse dung and cactus thorns. About The entrance was a great mass of droppings, probably indicating long Tenancy of this nest by wood rats.