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Banks, R.C.
1955
7.
4-6 Nov.
Fri. PM, 4 Nov.; set 12 mus. sp. and 2 rat traps
in and around field near bottom of hillside in
same area as last week, 3.5 mi. N. Orinda, 700 +/-
ft. Contra Costa 6. Set 12 mus. sp. + 2 rat
traps about 200 yds. up side ravine, in
and near area of dead brush. Many holes
under brush, about a dozen wood rat homes
nearby.
Sat AM (5 Nov.) had 1 ♀ Peromyscus truei, no
embryos, in first area. One rat trap in other
area sprung. (RCB 20.)
Sun. AM had 1 ♂ Reithrodontomys megalotis
in second area. (RCB 21) Found ♂
Didelphus virginiana DOR, about .7 mi E. of
San Pablo Rd. on Bear Creek Rd, 1 mi. N., .5 mi. W of
Orinda, 400 +/- ft. Very big and fat. Good
shape, good skull, fled some around more.
Took about 4 1/2 hrs. to put him up as RCB 22.