Field notes, v503
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2mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,300 ft. Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co., ITA Lee Arnold 1937 Itinerary June 15 Last night I shot five bats: 1 Myotis evotis and 4 Myotis (sp? - dark brown, medium sized) June 16, Yesterday afternoon I set 10 gopher traps between our present camp and Smith Creek Cave. I also set seven rat traps in the rocks near where I saw the Rock Squirrel on June 7. This morning I set five steel traps near the same spot in hopes of catching a squirrel. This morning I had 3 Peromyscus crinitus and one Neotoma lepida in the rat traps. It is interesting to note that at that spot the crinitus were apparently abundant on the south side of the canyon while at our present camp they are for the most part on the north side of the canyon. It seems that these mice prefer large boulders rather than scattered small rocks. I caught two adult male Thomomys bottae in my gopher traps. On the way home from the traps I shot a ♀ Eutamias dorsalis. It was on a large boulder on the north side of the canyon. Last night I shot 5 Myotis. I also shot at a bird (probably a Parulid) which was flying overhead but I did not get it. June 17 Yesterday afternoon I set out 33 mouse traps on the face of the hill NE of camp. At no place where traps were set was the