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3. Richardson
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General Account.
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m 3 Junction Meadow, Kern Canyon
Tulare Co., California. 8150 ft.
In the traps this morning
there were 2 Peromyscus
maniculatus from the
traps set on the hill and
1 Peromyscus maniculatus and
1 Microtus mordax from the 10
traps set in the meadow.
Took an early start
this morning (7:15 A.M.) for the
Kaweah Basin. Our route
in was along the granite
bluff, or high above the
south side of the Kern
Kaweah River. Our trail
lay principally over granite
taluses from which we
shot 3 Conies and 1 Chipmunk.
(Eutamia alpinus). The forest
vegetation was thin consisting
of willows along the stream
and scattered individual trees
such as juniper, White Pine,
Fox-tailed Pine, and Lodge
Pole Pine. These trees extended
along the edges of the taluses
and glacial hills extending up
into the basin. We reached