Field notes, v491
Page 93
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March 35 near where we made camp, we found one of these waddling over a snow bank. Do[illegible]ing it it suffed up its quills & attempted to get away. We tied a rope to its hind leg & kept it for photographing tomorrow. June 8 Mr. Harrison "Bowells Canyon spent part of morning taking taking pictures of porcupine & spent first part of afternoon skinning We [illegible] & hiked to top of ridge just below the summit of the Mountain. One here was all sage with a few grassless meadows some peculiar crocks [illegible] out not more than 20ft. high. They were wingblown & thus I were very pocketed. Set out tripine [solar] camp in leafless aspens. Citellus (Sp?). Found this sps. on top of the ridge amongst sage & on these above mentioned crocks. Our attention was first called to them by a whistling similar to a junco's song, but faster & a little sharper. They were seen pouched aloft the sages & on the higher parts of the [illegible]s. On these slopes were plenty of "sign" of Wood Rats & Marmots [have seen]. Have collected a male squirrel & I obtained a F. They were size of