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W.B. Davis
1936
495
Ella, Cassia Co., Idaho. Jan. 1,
of Black-tailed Jack Rabbits, I also
saw the tracks of one coyote. A
Mr. Green who is trapping this
area told me he had caught only
21 coyotes this season. He reported
that they were not common in
this immediate area. He had none
when I visited him. He had sold
them for $3.50 each.
This morning I looked for
tracks of small mammals in the
snow. Peromyscus maniculatus tracks
were common in an area near the
Wickel home where Artemisia and
Sarcobatus are common. There was also a
pile of large logs (12"-14" in diameter and
12'-20' long) near by. The tracks of the
mice seemed to begin at this pile of logs,
and emanate in all directions with the
tracks returning to this same log pile.
I followed one set of tracks. This
animal travelled from brush to brush
in a wandering fashion to a point
about 100 feet from the log pile where
the brush ended and a field began.
The mouse then circled back and
reached the log pile again. None of the
other tracks led more than 100 feet