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Nov 18 (cont.) 8 mi S, 3 mi E Tomahes Bluff, 25+ ft, Macon Co., Cauc.
(locality from U.S.G.S. QUAD POINT REYES
ed of 1918, reprinted 1925). 3 flat traps
sprung + grabbed but no hair in them
so maybe noctoma(?) just moved them
without getting caught. Other members
of class got only Perca Schisticeps
mus, Petromyzon marinus & Scorynops
also. On W side of road clumps
of Juncus + grass about 3 ft high
+ 2-3 ft thick grew close together
with foot-wig paths among the
clumps. Stream was only 2-3 in.
deep and spread out several
feet in some places to give a
muddy bog. I dug into ground
in these clumps (where inner grass
had died) and found tunnels 1-1/2
inches in dia. In almost every
clump where ground was damp (but
not dripping wet), 10' away from the
stream, no ground was hard or
dry + I could not find tunnels
in these clumps. All ground was
a little sandy but not enough
to allow the tunnels to cave in. Here
traps (on W side of road) were
set from 5-15 ft apart. Most
of traps on E side of road set from
15-20 or more ft apart. Bait - old
peanuts. Besides those traps with
animals in them only half a
dozen other mus spec's were sprung.
Saw Herpestis, Odocoileus, Afer, Vony, Silyva.