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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