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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.