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Lee Arnold
1937
near Smith Creek Cave, 5000 ft, Th Marsh, White Pine Co., Nevada
Itinerary
June skin. On the way back to camp I shot a
Cnemidophorus about 100 yds NE of
camp.
June 7 Last night I set out a line of 42 traps
West of Camp. 30 of these were on the
piedmont deposits on the south slope while
the remaining 12 were on the flat bottom
land north of the creek. In the traps
on the hillside I caught:
1 Peromyscus crinitus ♂
1 Adult " maniculatus ♀
1 Imm. " " ♀
1 Adult ♂ Neotoma ♂
1 Imm. ♂ " ♂
In the traps on the level bottom land I
caught:
1 Adult Dipodomys microps(?) ♂
1 Imm. Peromyscus crinitus ♀
3 Adult " maniculatus (all ♂)
More about the habitats of these
will be found under species accounts.
On returning from my steel traps, I
shot an adult ♂ Ammospermophilus.
It was on a rock about 75 ft. from the
place where I collected the ♀ (breeding)
two days ago. I am preserving the
genital tract of this individual.
About 100 yds. from camp I shot a