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Palmer 1934
July 18 (cont.)
with J.S. Brode and we examined our traps.
Returned to camp and set 42 gov.-sized mouse
traps across sandy soil with some rocks
and rather sparse growth of Artemisia,
Ephedra, Chrysothamnus and Sarcobatus.
Traps were 20-25 paces apart.
July 19
Caught mammals of the following
species: 3 Dipodomys merriami; 5 Perognathus l. panamintinus; 2 Peromyscus
maniculatus and 1 Neotoma lepida.
E. Walker R., 5100 ft., Morgan Ranch,
Mineral Co., Nev.
Caught two Thomomys bottae in the
4 gopher sets in an alfalfa field.
July 20.
E. Walker R., 5050 ft., 2 mi. N of Morgan Ranch, Mineral Co., Nev.
Broke camp about 8:45 A.M. and drove with
the party via Mason Valley, Yerington, Wabuska,
Fort Churchill, Fallon, Westgate, Eastgate to a
point on Campbell Creek, 6900 ft., Lander Co.,
Nev. which is on the E side of the Dosatoya
mts. Here we made an overnight camp and
I set 50 gov.-sized mouse traps in the bottom
of a small canyon in Artemisia and
some salt-grass.
July 21. Caught 8 Peromyscus maniculatus in 50
traps in Artemisia.
Broke camp about 7 A.M. and the party