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Peterson
1935
July 14.
Beaver traps picked up: two traps not disturbed,
one sprung. One blackbird shot on bank of creek.
Beaver caught by Mr. Russell & Mr. Richardson
skinned by me. Also prepared the blackbird, Euploea
cyphocephalus. Three beaver traps reset, + 60 mouse traps
+ 10 rat traps set on hillslope, rocky talus & cliffs.
July 15.
Catch consisted of one Nestoma lepida, 2 Nestoma
cinerea cinerea, one Eutamias m. sculptor, one
Onychomys l. breicaudus, one Perognathus p.
olivaceus, and 1 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis.
No beaver caught - traps not disturbed.
Wood rats, Onychomys, Perognathus gutted,
wrapped in oil paper & wet jummy sock.
Pack up, clean up & leave for San Jacinto
about 10 a. m. Arrived within 10 mi. of San Jacinto
when truck ran out of gas. Two 5 gallon gasoline cans,
one 5 gallon + one 10 gallon water can + one 16 gallon
water barrel loaded into Hall's roadster, proceeded
to town with Dr. Hall & got gas & water. Also
got mail box. Back to truck & proceeded up to
Meadows of Cedar Creek, 6300 ft. where pitched
camp within one-fourth mile of meadow. Steep
& steepness of incline it was that not
advisable to go down into the meadow. Camp
on ridge.
50 mouse traps set along creek & dry
rocky hillslopes. Bat seen flying above