Field notes, v647
Page 555
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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