Duke S. Rogers 1980 Journal Same tree. Each trunk ca. 10 in. in diameter. The vegetation along this trapline was different from all other areas trapped thus far. Many ferns and herbaceous plants, some leaf litter, but not predominating. Nuthatches and brown creepers were also very prevalent. The soil was very dark, humus in nature, many small rocks. The area had been thinned out, there were many fallen logs, and the forest floor was rather open. 0840 hrs David collected another L. boylii and a Reithrodontomys (fulvescens)? His trapline also yielded another Reithro of the same type which was caught yesterday morning and which I overlooked until this morning. 0855 hrs Ed returned with a second H. meloni! He also caught 2 L. guatemalensis. 1030 hrs I have spent the last several hours taking tissue and staining the two Neotoma and a L. boylii. I also prepared a L. guatemalensis as a skeleton only. In looking at all the individuals of larger Peromyscus I am collectively calling guatemalensis, there is much variation in size of the buffy pectoral patch. Some individuals have only the faintest hint of buff, while other have a neckerchief shaped area of buffy coloration. All have black eye rings and dark at base of vibrissae. The forefeet are all white, the hindfeet has dusky extending to the distal tarsal area in some, and in others only medially. The individuals with the larger buffy area are also browner laterally than the other mice lacking the distinct buffy patch.