Field notes, v654
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Engler 1936 12 Mi. Ew, 1/2 mi. E Calif. line, 5300 ft, Washoe Co., Nev. July 18 (cont.) Other Jays were seen feeding on ripe currants which are quite abundant in this canyon. In the evening, as it was getting dark, two Myotis sp. were shot. D. C. Smiley shot 1 Nyctalus cinerea. This morning July 18, visited steel traps. One had been sprung + was 3 feet from place where it had been set. After resetting the trap + starting back to camp a young Callospermophilus was shot as it was feeding on currants. July 20 The day was spent around camp. In the afternoon about 4:00 P.M. 12 rat traps were set among the aspens just below the rock ledge to the south of camp. Jays were heard calling among the aspens as well as lower along the stream bed. The morning of July 19th, visited rat + steel traps. The steel traps were empty. One rat trap held a Peromyscus maniculatus which had been swallowed + regurgitated by a snake. The rest of the traps were empty. Camp was struck about 8:00 P.M. & we left for Cedarville, Calif. at 9:30 M. @ about 1/2 mi. N of the Calif Immigration Station, a herd of 35 antelope was seen about 150 yds.