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Bants, R.C.
1955
28-31 Oct. cont'd.
6.
On the evening of 29 Oct. all traps were moved
but 1 mus. sp., which was lost. 5 rat traps
set in Privo Valley, Contra Costa Co., where we
had seen a colony of Beechy Ground Squirrel. 24
mus. sp. set in wooded ravine + bushy field
3 1/2 mi. N. Onida 700+ ft. near Hampton Rd. (?) in
Contra Costa Co. All sets made just before dark.
Sun. A.M. had 1 ♂ Peromyscus truei and 1 ♂
Perognathus californicus, no ground squirrels.
Put these 2 mus as RCB 17+18. In P.M. moved
rat traps to area of mus. sp., near 2 wood
rat houses.
Mon. A.M. (31 Oct.) had 1 ♂ Reithrodontomys
megalois (RCB 19). 2 rat traps spring, 1
closely.