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O.P. PEARSON
1950
29
1,3 mi. SE Truesmen / Marin Co., Calif.
Feb. 20/1950
1926 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui
Caught in attic with 2 other ??
on Feb. 19, at 1 p.m. Killed Feb. 20, 11/2 a.m. Banded 41-16791.6
Mipple large. Slight amt. fat. White clues in vagina. Diverg
alvea epithelated cells and some sperm. Vterna not swollen. Rt. horn
larger (.5 mm). Artery tortuous x white sheathed. Ovary under
descending ampulla shows only white? atretic? follicles. Born in 1948.
Very large follicle about to rupture S2, n. 2. Ova near onset follicle
slightly collapsed. A few sperm seen at tuba-uterina junction.
1927 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui
as above. (Hanging torpid
downwards short (same as as another but last year). Mipple medium
46-26730. Slight amt. fat. Vterna somewhat irregular, slightly
measer, not swollen. Probably new corpus in left ovary.
Artery conspicuous. White-sheathed, somewhat tortuous.
No sperm seen in vaginal sacs. [How would I have found her]
Banded July 1947 as (mine?). Not taken at Truesmen since
that date.
1928 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui
as above. Mipple medium.
Banded 41-167940. No fat. Vterna fair, "full" and
faint vascular. Rozy patch on Rt. alary. Rt. horn uterus
2 mm. Artery complete and white-sheathed. No sperm seen
in vaginal sacs.
With #8 in 1949
Band Aug 10, 1948 as "non- lost" (Presumably adult).
Rt.-ovary with new corpus S3. Vterna quite secretory. SG-R1-H1 ova in
lower ovrdet, about 6 cells. No sperm at tuba-uterina junction.
Parrish Cave, Shasta Co., Calif.
1929 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui Caught Feb. 11. Kept in cage on elevator step with # and
killed Feb. 21
Mipple medium. No fat. Carries with no conspic. features. Vterna
not swollen, transversely or unisegm. vascular. Artery tortuous and
white-sheathed. Graafian follicle S1, n. 4. Good section
longitudinal through tuba-uterina junction. Many sperm.
Mouth detritus in uterus.
Spermist end.
Marlatten Mines, 2000 ft., 2 mi NW Knoxville, Napa Co.
Feb. 27
1930 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui Epidid. prominent in tail mesures,
Banded 49-123348. Epidid 2x5, techa purple,
flabby, 5x3. Bilhuing of mostl sperm in epidid sacs.
Accudories large, 7mm. twice thick
1931 ♀ Cerynuchina rafinesqui Palage quite grey. Banded 49-123511
Mipple tiny. No sperm seen in epididymal ducts. No fat. Both horns
slender, no secretion (.6mm) but Rt. slightly larger. Artery not tortuous
or thick-walled. Nothing conspicuous in chary underlying ampulla.
Medium follicles. No corpus. Many sperm at cervix in uterus.