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Banks, RC.
1955.
1
14-16 October.
Arrived Sage Hen Creek Area 1730 hrs. 14 Oct. with Joe Brooks
and John Ondies. Set 2 dozen museum specials and 3 rat
traps in Sagebrush 4.7 road miles N. Tuckee, at 5700 ft. on
Rt. 89, Nevada Co., Calif., Eastside of road. (Area A.) Traps
were approx. spaces apart in rough triangle. Set 11
museum specials, 1 rat trap in small meadow (Area B) 8.3
road miles N. Tuckee on Rt. 89, 6250 ft., eastside of
road, approx. 15 ft. apart. Set 7 mus. sp., 2 rat traps
10.8 road mi. N. Tuckee, Sierra Co., 6450 ft., westside of
Rt. 89, north of junction of Sage Hen Creek Rd. in pine-
fir area. (Area C)
15 Oct. found 13 Peromyscus maniculatus in Area A,
5♂, 8♀. Found 1♂, 1♀ Peromyscus maniculatus in Area C.
Set 6 rat traps in Area D, 1.1 mi. from Rt. 89 on Sage Hen
Creek Rd., 6500 ft. Area D very rocky, along road edge
of pine woods. Very shortly got 1♂ Entomias amoenus,
1♂ Citellus lateralis. Later set 13 more traps in Area D.
Caught 2♂ Entomias amoenus in Area C. Set 6 gopher
traps, 2 mole traps, 1 rat trap, 16 mus. sp. in Area E, a
wet meadow along creek, 2.5 mi N., 2 mi W. Holart
Mills, 6225 ft. Traps from area B put into area E.
On 16 Oct. found 3♂ 3♀ Peromyscus maniculatus
and 1♀ Perognathus parvus in area A. Found 1♂
Entomias amoenus, 1♂ Citellus lateralis, 1♂ Vestoma