Field notes, v503
Page 97
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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.