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M.F.Smith
1973
JOURNAL
Hastings Reservation, Monterey Co., Calif.
Nov.23 edge one empty, and one P. boyleyi #57. Nothing along fence now yet. One P. boyleyi #74 in grass near pile of old branches behind tractor. Finished transferring animals from traps to Mason jars at 12:00 midnight and went to bed.
Nov.24 In the morning had breakfast and went out at 7:40am to check traps,
104 chamise empty
165 dry creek bed "
176 dry creek bed dead Peromyscus
21 P. boyleyi bottom of hillside
52 P.boyleyi edge of field along road
33 P. truei up ravine and across
65 P.maniculatus along fence near barn
171 & 22 Neotoma fuscipes released
115 traps 9 brought in at 11:00pm Friday night
5 Peromyscus, 2 Perognathus, 2 empty
9 brought in at 8:00am Saturday
5 Peromyscus (1 dead), 2 Neotoma, 2 empty
Took a box full of jars over to Mrs. Davis for help in identifying. Didn't have any P. californicus, she suggested trying near woodrat houses. For P.maniculatus try around the buildings. P.boyleyi at the base of trees, she has found some Peromyscus