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Eoas 1934
Peromyscus maniculatus
June 28 am. 5 W Pine Grove, 7250 ft.
Mineral Co. Nevada:
Caught 14 in 40 traps set in Artemisia,
in Piñon pines and in broken rock
areas from canyon floor to summit
of ridges.
Approximately 1/3 were young and
immature.
June 29 Caught 24 in about 81 traps, 5 from
locality trapped over June 28th and 19
from points 3½ miles SW and 2¾ mi SW
of Pine Grove, the majority from the
former, the type of country much the
same, i.e. Artemisia, Piñon and the
soil sandy loam mixed with varying
amounts of fragmented rocks - young and
immature made up from 1/3 to ½ the
catch.
June 30 Took 13 in 44 traps approx 1/3 young-
showed preference for tall relatively dense
Artemisia.
July 2. Took 4 along river banks and willows and
out in Atriplex in rocky gravelly
areas - 50 traps
July 3 Took 8 in 40 traps - taken down in river bottom
along irrigation dikes and on stony hillsides.