Field notes, v1532
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Peterson 1935 Stalling at Tuscara, arriving here about noon. Camp pitched in little grassy patch bordered on one side by willows + infested with the Mormon Cricket. Skins prepared of 3 Calospermophilus lateralis caught at Cobb Creek and of one Eutamias sp?, one Microtus montanus (?) and one Peromyscus m. sonoriensis caught at Dewyee River, 7 mi. NW Mountain City. Some 70 traps set out in gravelly + sandy area covered with Artemisia tridentata. 80-90% of traps sprung by Mormon crickets before + short time after sundown. Traps reset by flashlight after 8 P.M. when crickets become inactive. July 27. 1 mi. SE Tuscara, 5900 ft., ELKO Co., Nevada. Catch consisted of one Dipodomys o. columbianus, one Lagurus c. intermedius, one small Reithrodontomys m. megalotis, 2 Perognathus p. olivaceus, 3 Eutamias m. scrutator and 15 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis. Skins prepared of the Lagurus c. intermedius, Reithrodontomys m. megalotis, 2 Eutamias m. scrutator; and one of the two Croscoptes montanus caught. Pack up + leave for points west, going thru Mides + proceeding onward thence to point on Jakes Creek, 18 mi. N & E Iron Point, arriving there about 5:30 P.M. California quail (?), Wilson Phalaropes, Killdeer, + northern phalaropes, godwits, pelicans (white) seen on reservoir 16 mi. E Mides in Willow Creek.