Field notes, v644
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Davis 1950 Red's Meadow, 700 feet, Sierra Nat'l Forest, Madera Co., Calif. Aug. 29, 1950 - Sept. 9, 1950 Lives along creek at camp. One individual in camp on several occasions. Scafamus latimanus. One individual recovered from the creek flying fast can flat Red's Mesa- Low. Mouth was bloody. The animal was placed in loose pumice gravel at the creek edge and pushed its way underneath the surface immediately. About one hour later, the spot was revisited, and a subsurface tunnel had been pushed through the gra- velly area and into the streamside vegetation. The animal was not seen again. Sorex fabelris? One afternoon, an animal, apparently a large shrew, swam down a short stretch of open water in the creek at Red's Meadow and disappeared beneath the undercut bank. It was not seen again. Bats of various sizes seen on many occasions at dusk at Red's Meadow and Sotheb Lake. Gueretis Americanus. Not seen, but we were told by Mrs. Fee Ferret, wife of the forest service guard at Red's Meadow R.S., that two had been killed at Red's Meadow, one last year and one this year. Mustela frenata. Weasels were seen on several occasions running or looking by the creek at