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smiley
1936
Eutamias minimus
12 mi. Creek, 5300 ft., ½ mi. E Calif. Line, Washoe Co., Nev.
July 17 1 specimen caught in mouse trap. Area:
terrain flat extending southward from
rim of valley. Angular rocks 3 inches
to 1 foot broad, flattish. Junipers spaced
approx. 40 feet apart. A clay-like
sediment washed in on angular rocks.
Little Artemesia; grass very sparse.
July 20 3 mi. N Vya, 5900 ft., Washoe Co., Nev.
Two specimens. Terrain flattish;
wind-blowable sand brown; drifted to
depth ± one foot under Artemesia
five feet high.
July 21 3 mi. E Painted Point 5800ft, Washoe Co, Nev,
2 caught on coarse brown sand in
area of Artemesia. Terrain flat.
July 23 5 mi. N Summit Lake 5900 ft. Humboldt Co., Nev.
One shot among rocks at brow of low
hill. Rocks—some 10 feet high and
half as wide (disintegrating basaltic columns?)
chrysothamnus, Artemesia + grasses
in medium, tan soil, where exposed, below
rock outcrop.
Aug 3 S Slope Granite Peak East Range, Pershing Co., Nev,
1 caught in mouse trap on north
side of a hill-like bump which formed
part of S slope of mountain. Brown
silt-like soil, admixture of angular rocks,
Junipers and junyons abundant.