Field notes, v1616
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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.