Field notes, v672
Page 133
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Feathers Jan. 10, 1934. 500+ ft., Colorado R., 14 mi. N. E. Searchlight, Clark Co., Nevada: Urocyon cinereoargenteus. A fox had stepped on both sides of a steel trap I had set in the dust of a runway in the arrowweed association. It had apper- ently consciously avoided the trap. Jan. 12, 1934. This morning a grey fox was found in one of my traps. I carried it and trap to camp in order to kill it humanely and with as little damage to the fur as possible. It was shy and furtive, but offered no resistance to my touch. Dr. Benson shot it in the heart with .22 calibre bird shot and it expired quickly. The stomach was found to be empty, but a specimen of feces was saved. It had, in the few hours entrapped, chewed the greater part of its front foot away. W. quite thorn were found under its skin, but did not penetrate the flesh. Jan. 15, 1934. Another fox was caught today. It was taken in a trap set in a runway, without bait. The stomach contained screw beans. Jan. 17, 1934. A grey fox was caught in arrowweed association in a trap baited with carcasses from the skinning table. Its skin was affected with follicular mange.