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Rock Cr., 5000 ft, Granite Mt., Washoe Co., Nev.
Engler
1936
July 13 about 1/2 mi. W of camp & on the top of
the hill to the S of the Cr.) 1. Neotoma
epidula, 1 Peromyscus maniculatus.
at Rock Cr., 5200 ft, Granite Mt., Washoe
Co., Nev I took from along the stream
6 Perognathus parvus & 5 Peromyscus
maniculatus. These were taken on the
rocky slope N of the stream.
July 14 The morning & afternoon of the 12th
was spent in preparing specimens.
On the morning of the 13th I
started up the Mt. to meet E.T. Hooper &
W.G. Russell who were looking for deer.
Starting over the hill just So of camp &
about 3/4 mi. from camp I flushed a
flock of about 12 Sage hens. Two
were taken. Farther up this canyon
at an altitude of 6000 ft a "Callo" was
shot as it was running thru the
brush at the bottom of a dry stream
bed. Approximately, 200 yards farther up
this stream a cottontail rabbit was
taken. These two specimens were
taken about 4:40 A.M. Twenty min.
later I reached a meadow covered
with grass & dotted with Artemisia
bushes from which over 24 snagspies