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"Feathers
1934.
100 ft., 1/2 mi. S 47. Bragg,
Mendocino Co., Calif.
May 24, 1934.
furnishing three more gophers.
When we returned to the auto camp, the
grandson of the proprietor presented us
with a gopher, which he had caught on
the premises.
In setting traps, gravelly soil, black
sand and sandy loam were encountered.
May 25, 1934.
The morning was spent putting up the skins
of the gophers caught the previous day. I put
up seven gophers.
After lunch, our traps were visited. Cats,
dogs or children had disturbed several of
our sets. Seven gophers were taken. Probably
three more had been eaten from the traps; making
a total of 28 gophers caught in this approximately
ten acre field, in 30 hours.
But two gophers and one male were taken
from our twelve sets near the river. All our
traps were taken up and we returned to
camp. In the evening, I put up three more
gopher skins.
Of the seven gophers previously mentioned,
two were taken in one setting. They were an
adult male and an adult female."