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W.M.B. Richardson
1930 35
General Account
shooting neatly, 1 Spermophilus beecheyi.
I broke camp this morning
and returned to Hot Springs.
From Hot Springs I struck my
camp route 7 mi. east and then
taking the first left hand road.
This road was in general north
and slightly east towards Double
Bunk Meadows. At Parker Pass
I took the first left hand road
and followed it for 1/2 mi. to Park
Creek at the east side of
Parker Meadow. Here I made camp
after traveling about 11 miles from
California Hot Springs.
This evening I set 15 gopher
traps, 115 mouse traps, and
10 rat traps.
July 4 Parker Meadow 6400 ft. Tulare Co. Calif.
My catch this morning
consisted of 1 Entomias quadrivittatus
2 Scapanus latimans Sorex ?
1 Sorex palustris 1 Reithrodontomys
megalotis, 5 Peromyscus maniculatus,
6 Thomomys bottae, 1 Microtus
californicus, 14 Microtus californicus
mordax. While going about the
traps I shot 2 Sciurus douglasii.
This evening while going over
the traps for baiting and resetting
I found 7 Microtus mordax and
3 Thomomys bottae.