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Smiley
1936
July 20 Caught 11 Peromyscus maniculatus,
1 Pregonathus parvus, 1 Rheithrodonomys
megalotus, 2 Dipodomys ordii,
2 Microdipodops sp., 2 Eutamias minimus.
Set traps in following localities:
(1) 4 1/2 mi. NE Pointed Point, 5800 ft., Washoe Co., Nev.
Set 57 traps (mouse) in sand dunes
with Sarcobatus; alternating mottled spots
of hard silt and wind-blowable sand:
Also set 4 gopher traps in yard of old
cabin; grass in yard; a spring with slight
flow. (2) 3 mi. E Pointed Point, 5800 ft.,
Washoe Co., Nev. Area of Artemesia;
terrain flat; sand brown, coarser
15 mouse traps set.
than wind-blowable, so little drifted.
(3) Painted Point, 6000 ft., 9 mi. E Uya, Washoe Co., Nev.
outcrops of rock on west-facing slope
of 45°; rock igneous; few boulders over
slope and many angular rocks 3 inches
to 1 foot in breadth; some areas of
soil one foot square between small
17 mouse traps set.
angular rocks. Caught a Crotalus confluens
on Artemesia - sand at base of slope.
July 21 In localities caught: (1) 25 Peromyscus
maniculatus, 4 Dipodomys ordii, 10 Microdipodops
(2) 4 P. maniculatus, 6 Microdipodops, 2 Eutamias
minimus, 1 Dipodomys ordii. (3) 1 Neotoma lep.