Field notes, v1725
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A.C. BROWN 1958 TOWNSEND 1 mi. W Bolinas P.O., 120+ft., Marin Co, Calif. JULY 6 (cont'd) CATCH HERRS IN FURNESS. 2mi.W, 4 mi. N Bolinas P.O., 400+ ft., MarenCo, Calif. JULY 6 (cont'd) FOUND 4 VIOCTOS (?), 1 TAILOCS + 5 LYNX CARCASSES HUNG ON FENCE AT ABOVE LOCATION. SPOT IS 5.5 mi. (BY ROAD) N OF BOLLNAS P.O. SAVED ONLY SKULLS & BRAINS... APPEARENTLY WORD OF "VARMINT" TRAPPERS SINCE UNSKINNED, OLD BODIES - APPARENTLY 2 or 3 YEARS SINCE BEING KILLED. IF I FOUND THIS BONE I TIED IT ON TO SKULL. IF CARCASS STILL FAIRLY WHOLE & NO BRAINUM VISIBLE I LABELLED SKULL "?". IF CARCASS IN PIECES CAN'TO "SEX ?" Bolinas (Island, 475+ ft. N Coast Guard Sta., S of Salicornia marsh), S of MarenCo. Calif. REC'd JULY 20 GOT A GERENOMOUS (coll'd July 17, '58) & A THORNWASS (coll'd July 19, '58) FROM GEO. F. FISHER (2203, M.V.S.) WHO TOOK THEM ON SAND ISLAND COVERED WITH SALICORNIA IN BOLINAS LAGOON. IN HIGHER SPOTS THIS ISLAND HAS NO DRY LAND BRIDGE WITH MAINLAND AND WATER IS ABOUT 4 FEET OR LESS DEEP AROUND PARTS AT IT AT LOW TIDE. THE SPOT IS SHOWN AS ONE OF TWO ISLANDS ON TOPO SHEET OF AREA. RACCOON TRACKS SEEN ON ISLAND BY GEORGE & SOMEONE & SUPPOSED TO HAVE SEEN A DEER SWIMMING OUT TO IT, THESE ARE APPARENTLY THE ONLY 2 HEERS GEORGE SAW IN HIS STUDY AT FOWL AT SALICORNIA MARSH.