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Smiley
1936
July 4 Drove from camp at 1 1/2 mi. NW Flanigan to point
where traps were set last night: 4 mi. NW Flanigan.
4200 ft., Washoe Co., Nev. obtained 37 specimens.
These taken to camp and gutted as follows:
1 Dipodomys microps levieus
5 Dipodomys merriami
5 Dipodomys ordii columbianus
16 Microdipodops sp.
3 Perognathus longimembris
1 Peromyscus maniculatus sanoriensis
5:00 PM Drove, Rostruck with Ward Russell to Round
Hole approx. 15 miles north of Flanigan. I set no traps
there. On return trip set 45 mouse traps in sand
dune area N side Sand Pass, 1350 ft., Washoe Co., Nev.
Traps averaged 25 paces apart. This wind-blown
Sand without conspicuous dune structure, merely
drifted against base of plants where there were
open burrows of kangaroo rats and smaller
burrows mostly plugged with sand. Plants not
known; one conspicuous plant a legume, tiny
purple flowers, pinnate leaves, and sturdy stem
Aug 17, identification; Porogela
structure.
On rocky outcrop above Sand Pass, set
two mouse traps and one rat trap. Outcrop at brow of
hummocky hill 200 ft. elevation above pass. Rock
Calcareous (?) covered in spots by several-colored lichens.
Wood rat sign in crevices between rocks.