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Smiley
1936
El Dorado Canyon, 8000ft Humboldt Range, Pershing Co., Nev.
Aug. 1 Caught 14 Peromyscus maniculatus and
1 Perognathus parvus. A living Peromyscus
man in one rat trap. No Neotoma cinerea
though one of this species seen
July 30: Shown to Hall & I by Mr. Smith
who caught it night of July 29.
Caught 1 Callospermophilus in rat trap
left set this morning. Moved camp
via Rye Park, Oregon and Fanning
to a point 9 mi. E of Fanning.
62 mouse traps set at: 9 mi. E Fanning,
4000ft., Buena Vista Valley Pershing Co., Nev.
Terrain: rolling dunes of silt under
Scrobobatus bushes; silt soft, took
impression of hobnails readily.
Aug. 2 In traps. Caught 10 Peromyscus monic.,
1 Onychomys torridus, 3 Dipodomys microps
levipes. Moved camp to S Base
Granite Peak, East Range, Pershing Co., Nev.
Broad-tailed hummingbird in large bushes
of buffalo berry within 200 feet of
water; this taken as specimen.
45 mouse traps and 1 rat trap set
on: S slope Granite Peak, East Range,
Pershing Co., Nev. Traps under junipers
and pinyons. Some in vicinity of
rocks. Trap line run from creek bottom