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Feathers.
1934.
100 ft., ½ mi. S Ft. Bragg,
Mendocino Co., Calif.
May 26, 1934.
In two fields, east and west of the highway
at the northern city limits of Ft. Bragg, 29 sets
were made. Thirteen of these were set by me
and 14 by Orr.
After lunch the traps were visited. Four
gophers were taken from my traps and eight
from Orr's. We moved several of the traps
from the west to the east field, and at the
conclusion of the setting, I had 15 sets out.
The soft, sandy loam of the east field apparently
contained a far greater number of gophers than
did a similar area of the gravelly soil in the
west field.
We returned to camp and put up the skins.
Orr put up seven's gopher skins, I doing five.
May 27, 1934.
We visited our traps at the northern city limits
of Ft. Bragg in the morning. In the west field, I
had caught a mole and a gopher. In the east
field, another gopher and a weasel were taken.
The weasel was caught in a gopher trap, set
in an open gopher hole. Its stomach contained
the hind foot of a gopher.
I left seven sets out, when we returned to
camp. I put up the weasel, mole and one gopher
skin. The other gopher was so small as to
be worthless as a specimen.