Field notes, v1727
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A.C.ZIEGLER 1961 JOURNAL SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO (AT SAN BRUNO), 25th San Mateo Co. CONT. APR. 28 (cont'd) SUSCEPTIBLE TO "PLAGUE" COMPARED TO (UNIDENTIFIED) "SURROUNDING POPULATIONS" SO THE U.S.P.H.S. WANTED TO KNOW WHETHER THESE MICE WERE MORPHOLOGICALLY DIFF. FROM OTHER MICRUS IN MUZ FROM THIS AREA, I THINK CHARLEY THORER WILL EXAMINE THEM AFTER SKULLS ARE CLEANED & WILL GIVE HIS OPINION TO THE SAN FRANCISCO OFFICE. THE ANIMALS SEEMED "NORMAL" DURING SKINNING - VERY LITTLE FAT. ALL WERE RELATIVELY ROSTRUM OF SMALL (SEE WEIGHTS) & SKULLS SEEMS SHORT TO ME - BUT MAYBE JUST IMAGINATION (# 2142-2151 A.C.Z.), ALTHOUGH GIVEN IS AN CRYPTOGM OF C.S.THORER, JR BY SOMEONE FROM U.S.P.H.S. APR. 29 STRAWBERRY CANYON, BERKELEY, Alameda Co. CALIF. TOOK ZOO/13 TRA 8 - 11:30 AM. RAIN & COND TR ABOUT 10AM THEN RAIN STOPS BUT STILL COLD, CLOUDY & WINDY. SAW DEER TRACKS & A CLAWS YESTERDAY FOUND A VERY YOUNG FAWN RECENTLY DEAD IN CANYON - NO WOOUNDS ON IT & DID NOT SEEM VERY THIN SO NO IDEA OF CAUSE OF DEATH. SAW FRESH MULE SOFTREE RUNS FREQUENTLY ALONG TRAIL - THEY CAME UP TO THE