Field notes, v1616
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Smiley 1936 Reithrodontomys megalotus 21 mi.W+2mi.N Lovelock, 4000ft., Pershing Co,Nev. July29 I caught in 60 traps set on dunes of light gray, windblowable Sand. Dunes as bulky, flatfish, minture mountain ranges set on flatfish terrain with slight westward drainage. Dunes, little cleft, did not exceed 15 feet in height. Sarcobatus + Artemesia present. July31 Eldorado Canyon, 6000ft., Humboldt Range, Pershing Co,Nev. 2 caught in line of forty traps left out this second night on hillside of slope varying 20- 45 degrees. Juniperus averaging 60 feet apart. Artemesia and grasses present. Aug35.slope Granite Peak, East Range,Pershing Co,Nev. 1 caught in 45 traps set. Exact conditions at this point not noted.