A.C.ZIEGELER 1957 JOURNAL I MI. E APTOS, 150+ FT., SANTA CRUZ CO., CALIF. REL'G MAY 13 (CONT.) PUT WITH LACTATING LAB RAT IN L.S.B. ANIMAL ROOM BUT APPARENTLY DIDN'T NURSE TOO WELL. ALSO RAT FOOD WAS TRIED ON THEM BUT 6 STILL DIED BETWEEN MAY 3 AND MAY 6, LEAVING 1 SUCH AS OF today may 13. on May 10 THIS REMAINING ONE APPARENTLY STILL COULD NOT FEED ON SUNFLOWER OR OTHER HARD-COATED SEEDS. BUT I GUESS WAS BEING FED SORT OF A RAT-FOOD MASH. WILL TRY TO GET IT AS ANOTHER KNOWN-AGE SPECIMEN WHEN IT DIES (?) (10/1 - ACZ #788) DAD HAS WEIGHTS 3 YOUNG ON APR. 19, 1957 (NO NOTE EXCEPT WHICH ONE) AND WT'S WERE 12.6 GM, 13.1 GM + 13.0 GM. WT'S GIVEN ON LABELS ARE THOSE OF THE FROZEN SPECIMENS TODAY. NOTE PUT ON TAGS STATING NUMBER OF DAYS OF AGE FROM MAY 10 AT OBARN MAR. 25, 1957. ACZ. # 628 - 634. PUT UP MAY 15 ON -> SILVER CANYON, 4600 FT., SOUTHEAST BISHOP INYO CO., CALIF WTS BY (N.W. DUNMIRE WHEN ANIMALS TRAPPED) BILL DUNMIRE BROUGHT BACK 25 MAMMALS FORMOSUS, 2 PEROMYSCUS PARVUS, 2 DIPODOMYS MICROPUS, 28 PEROMYSCUS CANIVUS, 3 PSEUDYS CUS MANICULATUS, 4 MICROTUS MONITONUS (?) 1 LAGORUS CURVATUS, 1 NEOTOMA sp.?, + 2 MUS. ALSO A BLUE-BIRD + A GREEN- TAILED TOWNCE. I PUT UP MOST FOR MIZ # 635 - 680. 2 P. CANIVUS (IMMATURE), 2 MICROTUS MONITONUS? (MM) AND NEOTOMA DISCARDO. TOWNCE GIVEN TO DICK BANKS, BLUE-BIRD SAVED FOR MY OWN COLL. NEITHER WANTED BY MIZ. OTHER MAMMALS PUT UP BY DR. S.B. BENSON, JOHN LAWLESS AND W.W. DUNMIRE. DUNMIRE PROGRAM HAS FALL FIELD NOTES ON ANIMALS COLLECTED