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E.W. B. Richardson
1936
41
General Account
Skinned all day.
Evening catch: 4 Marmota arizonensis,
2 Thomomys talus, + 3 Microtus
montanus
Set out 4 small steel sets about
the burrows of marmots.
July 17 My catch consisted of
3 Marmota arizonensis, 2 Marmota
flaviventris, 1 Thomomys talus,
1 Peromyscus maniculatus(?) and
6 Microtus montanus(?).
This morning I hiked
about 13 mi. (round trip) over Fairwell
Gap nearly to the Brady
Cabin. On the south side of
the gap I shot, 1 Ochotona
coleocephala, 1 Eutamias alpinus,
1 Eutamias quadrivittatus, and
3 Callospermophilus lateralis.
Broke camp and returned to Portersville
this afternoon.
Marmots seen but not
collected --- Deer seen in meadow
near camp; their tracks are numerous.
Chickaree - One young seen 1/2 mi
south of camp along the Fairwell gap trail.
July 19 Big Meadow, 7660 ft. Tulare Co., Calif.
Left Portersville this morning
at 8:00, accompanied by Donald
J. Tappi and arrived at
Big Meadow by 12:30.