Field notes, v503
Page 173
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Lee Arnold 1937 Eutamias dorsalis June 13, 2 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,300 ft., Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co., Nevada I caught an adult nursing ♀ in a mousetrap set among the large boulders on the side of the canyon north of camp. Except for scattered sagebrush and Juniper trees the nearest thick brush was rose. This thicket was about 50 feet from the trap. The mammal had apparently been caught early in the day and some snake had attempted to swallow it after it was caught. The entire anterior portion of the chipmunk was covered with saliva and a deep hole was cut into its side just in front of where the wire of the trap held it. June 16, 1 mi. W Smith Creek Cave, 6,000 ft., Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co., Nevada. This morning at 10 o'clock I shot an adult ♀. This animal was watching me as I walked along a path but the moment I raised my gun it ran up the hill and behind a rock. In a moment it appeared above the rock. The country at this point was flatter and closer to the creek bottom than that where the Eutamias was caught on June 13.