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A.C.Z. editor
1957
Mus musculus
7 mi. N, 2.3 mi. E MARTINEZ (SALICARIA MARSH), CONTRA COSTA Co.,
(FEB 15-17)
TOWN OF IN 90 YEARS CHAS. THERE ARE
RAN FOR 4 MINES. SOME WHITISH BEING
PUT UP FOR MUS. JUMP ABOUT 1/4 MI. OR LESS
AWAY BUT NO HOUSES FOR AT LEAST 3/4 MI.
OR MORE AWAY. GOT ALSO RITHROS, MICROTIUS
& Sorex (SEE THIS JOURNAL THIS DATE)
1.0 mi. N, 2.0 mi. E MARTINEZ,
(FEB 17)
6 IN 100 ADDITIONAL MUS. SPEEDS SET
YEESTAY + RUN THIS A.M. SEE JOURN
ALSO RITHROS, MICROTIUS & Sorex . 4 OF 5
OF THESE MUS TAKEN IN YEARS WITHIN
A RADIUS OF 30 FT OR SO. AT BASES
OF 2 FT. HIGH HILLOCKS COVERED WITH
MATTY FARMED GRASS + SHOWING ONE
(+ SOME NOW MICROTIUS RUNS.)
Meade Co. State Park, Meade Co., Kansas
(JUNE 17)
1 (SEEM NOT NORCO), IN 2 FT. DEEP - A FEW
MOST MICROW OR Sorex? + DEEPS. MANY
SIGMODON CAVANT IN IMMEDIATE VICINITY.
THIS MUS WAS FAIRLY LIGHT BROWN -
LIGHT TAN + BROWNISH GREY ABOVE -
STUNN BROKEN SO NOT SAWES. THIS
AREA ABOUT 1/4 TO 1/2 MI. FROM A HOUSE.
University of California, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
(KILLED
JULY 10
1957)
PUT UP 11 ARBINO LAB MUS FOR M.I.E.
KNOWN AS - SEE JOURNAL THIS DATE
FOR MORE DATA. KEPT AS SLIT SLUN
TO SHOW TOOTH SLUN CHARACTERIS OF
2 YEARS, 10+ DAY^3 OLD ON MUS. SNIPPED A
1 HAS TUMOR(?) IN BASE OF SMALL INTESTINE
AS 2 SEEM SIGHTLY PARALYZED IN BOTH
LEGS - OTHER WISE SEEMS FAIRLY HEALTHY.