Field notes, v503
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Lee Ronald 1937 near Smith Creek Cave, 5,800ft. Mt. Moriah, White Pine Co., Idaho. Itinerary June 6 level. Apparently these shallow holes were used as store chambers. In one I found leaves of greasewood tucked neatly away. On the way back to the truck I found a skull of Lynx rufus. Upon going to the traps this morning I found: 1 Dipodomys ordii (?) 8 11 " microps (?) 5 M, 6 F 4 Peromyscus maniculatus 2 M, 2 F In the gopher traps set at the alfalfa field we caught 6 gophers - 5F and 1 imm. M. The man at the farm told us that he had mules in his marshland. He described their surface runs and diggings perfectly so we went down to see if it was possible. After searching the field we decided that what he had seen must have been Microtus. We caught six garter snakes (Thamnophis ordinoides) along the irrigation ditch and saw several more. Upon returning to camp I went around to my carnivore traps. I had nothing. In one of the gopher traps (approx 1/2 miles west of camp) I had an adult F gopher. It was apparently bottle. I am saving the skeleton rather than the