A.C. Ziegler 1956 Journal Dec 12 Corral Hollow, Alameda Co., California KEPT A PEROMYSCUS MOCANUS CAPTIVE 'TIL TODAY WHEN I KILLED IT. ANIMAL ON SETZ. ORIGINALLY CAUGHT BY JIM ANDERSON (MV35), GIVEN TO MIKE MARSH (MV8) THEN TO ME. IT SEEMED TO BE "WHEEZING" & HAVING A HARD TIME BREATHING SINCE DEC. 10. THIS PANTING GOT WORSE & ANIMAL DID NOT SEEM ABLE TO EAT SO I KILLED IT AND OPENED THE WINDPIPE. WHITE STUFF SEEMED TO BE CHOKING JUST THE EXTREME UPPER END OF TUBE — COULD POSSIBLY HAVE BEEN EMBOLGED UP SOME MATERIAL SUCKED IN BUT NOT SURE OF THIS, OF COURSE. SAVED AS SKULL ONLY, ANIMAL HAD NOT HAD YOUNG IN CAPTIVITY BUT UTERINE HORNS SHOWED: [illegible]. SAVED AS SKULL ONLY. Dec 23 2 MI. W TOMAKES, 400 FT, MARIEN CO., CALIF. SET OUT 78 MUS. SPEC'S BAITED WITH CRP PECANS IN A MARSHY SPOT IN COW PASTURE ON RANCH OWNED BY WILLIAMSEN & ? , ALSO SET 50 MUS SPEC'S IN SOME TYPE OF MARSHY SPOT NEAR WILLIAMSEN'S HOUSE AFTER GETTING PERMISSION FROM HIM, MOSTLY SOME TYPE OF GRASS GROWING 2 FT OR MORE HIGH IN CLUMPS IN DAMP TO MUDDY GROUND. TRAPS SET 10-15 FT APART IN UNDERGROUNED PITS WHICH I DUG OUT IN PLACES WHERE T.S.N. R.IOW.