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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.