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Peterson
1935.
contents fixed in Bouin's fluid. Blood smear made
from heart blood. Large beaver found to have red
reematode worms about 12-15 mm. long in stomach.
Many reematodes found in wall of cecum and upper
portion of large intestine. Both fixed in Bouin's
fluid. Peculiar glandular development on wall
of portion of stomach noted. Little beaver with
no parasites. Sample of cecal contents & porcupine
and beaver fixed in Bouin's. Blood smear made from
liver blood of large beaver.
100 traps set in slopes + depressions covered
with sage brush.
July 8. Catch included 1 Microdipodops megacephalus,
2 Eutamias m. sculptator, and 7 Peromyscus
m. sonoriensis.
Skins prepared of Microdipodops megacephalus and
one Peromyscus m. sonoriensis.
Skins so far prepared by all 4 members of the
expedition segregated + compared - good and bad
points noted.
Microdipodops megacephalus and one Peromyscus m.
sonoriensis examined for internal parasites. None
found. Heart blood and cecal smear made from
each one. Mites, ticks, fleas, lice picked off various
specimens and preserved.
about 40 mouse traps set on gravelly flat along