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Dear Smith Creek Cave, 5,800 ft., Mt. Morris, White Pine Co., Nevada
Lee Arnold
1937
Itinerary
June 8 of these had a regenerated tail which
had grown downward into a keel-like
structure about one inch long. This
is how it appeared
[illegible]
I flushed a nighthawk from the
creek bottom. I also collected a Uta
and a Phrynosoma. This afternoon while
skinning I heard a flock of Cyanocphalus
on the side hill. I was able to collect
two; one imm[illegible], and one ad.f. The former
I preserved as a skeleton while the
latter I preserved as a skin. These
birds were in a flock of about twenty
mixed adults or young. About 5 o'clock
this afternoon when going to my
carnivore traps I saw a new type
of animal to my knowledge. I was just
rounding the edge of a hill about
1/4 mile west of camp when I saw it.
Having stopped for a brief moment to
see what might be startled by my
sudden appearance around the hill
I noted an animal running along the
opposite side of the canyon. It was
built very much like a grey squirrel.
Its tail was rather bushy and was
about the same length as its body.