Field notes, v506
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Banks 1456 Neotoma fuscipes 21 May 1951 Alameda (?) Calif. 88 ♀ 457-295-48-31 Kept caged by M. Marsh. 207 gm, Date of capture unknown. 7 July 1956 Black Hills 2.6 mi W Orinda Village 1020 Catalina Rd, Calif. ♀ 104 Caught in rat trap, walnut bait. 182.3 gm, 378-183-42-28. A very old house not too far away, and a huge one a hundred yards away were only rat signs. Very dry, no water for at least a mile. S. side of hill, S. facing slope. Many parasite eggs in intestine with formed pellets. 14 July ♀ 110, ♀ 111 Close together by group of houses, S. side of hill. No endosporas in either. 15 July ♀ 119 by 110 + 111 (same traps as one of those). This area is tall Baccharis and Antemaria, not too far from edge of woods, human hill. Different from area on top of hill, & min 118 on opposite side of hill (N) nowhere near any houses I can have seen. May have been moving, or just wandering.