Field notes, v672
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Feathers 1934. Colorado R., 1/2 mi. N Nev.- 4-3. Calif. monument, Clark Co., Nev. Feb. 6, 1934. (cont.) When I returned to camp, Orr and Fitch had left to spend the night at Hiko Springs, north some seventeen miles from camp. I found that Mr. Snyder had brought in two skunks and a grey fox. Feb. 7, 1934. In the morning, I put up the muskrat skin. When Orr and Fitch returned, I got them some breakfast. I then did some additional work on the beaver skins. In the afternoon, I skinned the grey fox and the two skunks. It became dark by the time I had finished skinning; so I was not able to visit any of my still traps. A horned owl was seen from camp. It flew into a willow-tree by the slough. Orr and I tried to get a shot at it, but were unsuccessful. Birds seen from camp were: One Cercus herodias; one Colaptes cafer and a large flock of ducks (perhaps fifty). Feb. 8, 1934. The fox and skunk skins were taken care of in the early morning. I then visited my traps across the slough. In one trap a house cat was caught. I killed it, intending to preserve it as a specimen. It appeared to have some of the characteristics of Lynx rufus.