Field notes, v1532
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Peterson 1985. upper reaches of Canyon with camp grounds provided with tables, stones + fireplaces as well as running water. Ranger's house, stable, etc adjacent to lower camp ground. Some 67 mouse traps + 3 rat traps set along Road Creek + amongst cliffs + slope of canyon wall + slope to N of Creek. Skins prepared of the Neotoma lepida, 2 Neotoma C. cinerea, 8 Onychomys l. brevicaudus. July 29. 13 mi. N Paradise Valley, 6700 ft., Humboldt Co., Nevada. Catch consisted of 2 Callospermophilus lateralis, 9 Zapus, 5 Perognathus p. olivaceus, 6 Peromyscus m. sonoriensis, 3 Microtus mordanx, one Eutamias m. scrutator, and one Thomomys quadratus. Skins prepared of one Callospermophilus lateralis - broken skull, one Eutamias m. scrutator, one Thomomys quadratus, 2 Zapus, one Perognathus p. olivaceus and 2 Microtus mordax. Some 67 mouse traps and 8 rat traps set on slope + cliffs to N of Road Creek, on ridge between Road + Lye Creeks + in Lye Creek canyon slope & S of Creek as well as in canyon bottom along creek + also on rock slide to N of said creek. Evidence of deer noted on trap route. July 30. Catch consisted of one Neotoma C. cinerea, ~~ ~~Callospermophilus lateralis~~, 2 Zapus, 3