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MUS MUSCULUS
MAR25 Point Isabel, Contra Costa Co., Calif.
6 in mus. spee's baited with
walnuts in swicenia marsh
in San Pablo Sportsmen Club
shoot range. 1 small one
with light underparts &
goodish hair in ears, will
put it up.
MAR29 5 in traps near mine w/ location
same type of low marsh with
dryer knolls. 4 of them on
lower ground - 1 on knoll.
these mus only slightly lighter below
than on top,
MIR30 3 in traps on road about 3 ft.
above sonic marsh just N.E.
of MIR29# location, all
in traps set on 2-3" grass under
bushes. - Just at random among
cozes of road. All only
slightly lighter below than
above,
APR8 2 in traps beside road (as on MAR30) &
in swicenia, caught close to
MICROTUS - I guess using same runways.
APR5 1 in trap on 3' wide dyke in marsh
on NE side of road. 2'-3' above high tide
mark, vegetation sonicornia, foot
high grass in patches + some 2' high
sparse bushes.
APR29 3 in traps on N side of NW road
into marsh. (I caught by tail -
about middle of town and another
tail only found in trap - about 1/2
inches long,