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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.