Field notes, v1724
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A.C.Zechar 1956 Peromyscus maniculatus Nov. 18 3 mi. S, 3 mi. E Tomares Bluff 25 ft, Marin Co., Cal. TOOK 3 IN DRY SPOTS ON E SIDE OF ROAD AT THIS LOCALITY. 2 OF THESE WERE TAKEN IN SPOTS WHERE I HAD OUG INTO SOME OLD RUNNER IN DRY GROUND (THE ONLY TUNNELS I FOUND IN THIS DRY GROUND) ONLY 4 TRAPS OUT OF 50 WERE SET IN THESE TUNNELS. THE OTHER MOUSE WAS TAKEN BELOW PATH IN WILLOW THICKET IN A 4 INCH OCK HOLE GOING ALMOST VERTICALLY INTO GROUND. THIS MAY HAVE BEEN THE MOUTH OF AN OLD BURROW OF SOME SORT BUT SEEMED TO HAVE BEEN SOLOUT FILLED IN FOR SOME TIME. (COULD HAVE BEEN A COW'S FOOT- PRINT ALSO.) OTHER TRAPS SET IN BRUSH AMONG WILLOWS WERE NOT SPRING BUT IT LOOKED LIKE GOOD TERRITORY FOR AT LEAST SOME SPECIES OF PEROMYSCUS. THE BOYS SAID ONE OF THE GROUP SET IN ANOTHER WILLOW THICKET AND GOT A NUMBER (13??) OF P. MANICULATUO. Nov. 24 GERZROD State Paul Campgrounds, T N, R 2 E TOOK 3 (WH ROUS?) HUMBOLDT CO, GENE IN 50 MUS SPAC'S SET IN OUG-OUT TUNNELS IN LEAF LITTER & SOIL OF REDWOOD FOREST. Nov. 25 Boise Creek Campground, 800 ft, Humboldt Co., OR, (3ad, Himm) ON WET LEAF LITTER SO HIWHSIDE JUST AT EXIT BASE OF CAMPGROUND.