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Engler
1936
El Dorado Can., 6000 ft., Humboldt Range, Pershing Co.
Neu.
Aug. 1 On the eve of the 29th a line of 40 traps
was set along the stream near the
water. From this line of mouse traps
was taken 14 Peromyscus maniculatus
& 1 Onychomys leucogaster. The P. mani
culatus seemed larger than those taken
before this summer.
The trap line was left out during the
day but nothing was caught. The
next morning 12 P. maniculatus &
2 Perognathus parvus were taken.
about 9:00 A.M. E.T. Hooper & I hiked
up the canyon to an old gold mine mill.
a prospector thus told us of catching a
bushy tailed woodrat & of seeing "ballos"
chipmunks & also about a mountain lion
was seen in the vicinity. Wild horses
were seen on top of the mt. We hiked
on up the canyon to the 8000 ft on base
of a steep hill. E.T.H. killed 1 Microtus
morelax & 2 "ballos". I shot a M. morelax
& a Eutamius minimurus. The altitude at
this point was 8000 ft. At 7700 ft. we
each took a Cooper hawk.
In the evening of the 30th, 29 browse
traps were set at the 8000 ft., level on a
flat meadow in hopes of taking more of