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Engler
1936
Sulphur 4042 ft., Humboldt Co., Nev.
July 25
The afternoon of the 23 W.C. Russell & I
left camp about 5:00 P.M. & drove W of
Sulphur about 3 mi. in a rain sand
for good sand. We returned to a point
1 mi. W Sulphur, 4040 ft., Humboldt Co., Nev.
& set out 50 traps each on ground
that was sandy but had a crusty
surface. Very few low bushes were
present & these consisted of Sarcobatus
& Atriplex. Taken from this line were
2 Perognathus longimembris, 1 Microdipodops
1 Reithrodontomys megalotis, 1 Peromyscus
maniculatus, & 1 Dipodomys microps.
The latter had a quantity of Sarcobatus
leaves in its pouches.
about 4:00 P.M. W.C. Russell, D.S. Smiley,
& I drove E- to a point .3.8 mi. NEE of
Venado & 11 mi. E of gungo. Traps were
set at intervals along the way. At a
point 2 mi. E Antelope, 4400 ft., Humboldt Co., Nev.
15 traps (mouse) were set at the base of a
low rocky hill beside the road. The traps
were set [illegible] near Sarcobatus bushes
growing on loose rocky soil. 1 Perognathus
longimembris was taken here.
1/2 mi. E of this point 15 more traps
were set halfway up a shale covered