Field notes, v1616
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Smiley 1936 Peromyscus truei truei 17 mi. W Deephole, 4800ft, Washoe Co., Nev. July 16 One caught in fifty traps set. Terrain: Flat, v-shaped, dry water course that carries water SW in flood periods. This drains at least 2000 acres of mountain side. Junipers mottle mountain side, ten to 100 feet apart, greatest density near dry bed of stream. This specimen caught under a juniper 10 feet high that was wide-spreading (10 feet in diameter), an accumulation under it of several inch thickness of needles and dry twigs. Reddish talus rock in slide areas 20 feet across. Medium tan soil with various sizes of angular rocks in vicinity. July 31 El Dorado Canyon, 6000ft, Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nev. One caught on SW facing hillside with slope of 5 to 1. Soil finely powdered but rendered hard by admixture of small angular rocks. Large angular rocks present but not abundant. Trap under 8-foot juniper. Six more junipers within radius of 100ft, Artemisia present.