Field notes, v1532
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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