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Lee Arnold
1937
Horse Canyon, 5800ft; Pahrum Ph, Washoe Co., Nevada
Itinerary
May 30
6 Perognathus longimembris (3♂ + 3♀)
1 Dipodomys merriami (♂)
2 Dipodomys ordii (?) (2 ♀)
While gathering in my traps I was startled by a two foot rattlesnake beside my trap. When I attempted to catch the snake it crawled into a hole (Probably Dipodomys). The birds seen in the Horse Canyon vicinity were:
1. Western Red-tailed Hawk
2. Cooper Hawk
3. Horned Owl (By Johnson)
4. Hummingbird (sp?)
5. Red-shafted Flicker
6. Western Kingbird
7. Western Flycatcher
8. Say's Phoebe
9. Ash-throated Flycatcher
10. Western Wood Pewee
11. Horned Lark
12. Cliff Swallow
13. Violet Green Swallow
14. Barn Swallow
15. Black-billed Magpie
16. Thrasher (sp?)
17. Western Robin
18. Gnatcatcher (sp?)
19. White-rumped Shrike
20. Western Warbling Vireo