Field notes, v654
Page 97
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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