Field notes, v1724
Page 631
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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.