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Smiley
1936
July 5 In traps set N side Sand Pass, 3950ft, Washoe Co., Nev.
Caught the following species: Dipodomys merriami,
D. ordii, Microdipodops sp., Perognathus longimembris,
megalotus megalotus
Rheithrodonmys (2 specimens), Peromyscus maniculatus
Sanorrensis (1 specimen). In traps set at rocky
outcrop above Sand Pass one Peromyscus
Grinitus caught; ants partially destroyed cars so
specimen not saved.
Following birds observed while at Round Hole this AM:
Magpie (domesticated), Canadian Goose (domesticated),
Arkansas kingbird, barn swallow, Wilson phalarope, mallard,
meadowlark, Kildeer, mourning dove, English Sparrow,
Brewer blackbird.
Set 35 mouse traps: 2.4 mi. E Flanigan, 4280ft,
Nashoe Co., Nev; also 5 rat traps. On south-facing
slope of hill. Mouse traps set on blow-sand near
base of slope and on hard, pebble-strown area above (7)
sandy slope. Rat traps in vicinity of small rock
outcrops and where 2 or more boulders lay together.
Sandy slope took imprint of hobnails. Above, the
slope was semi-paved with Schistose bits of sedimentary
rock so that foot prints did not show much.
Rock outcrops (averaged 6 feet high and 10 feet long)
were igneous (?); these little fractured. Plants:
Porselia
Sarcobatus, Artemesia, Small, lavender-flowered legume.