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M.B. Richardson
1934
3
General Account.
6. Trap set in trail near old dilapidated wood rat nest. Condition about nest were more open than in above stated occasion, the underbrush being less dense. Caught a Peromyscus maniculatus gambeli.
7. Large rat trap set at at base of nest constructed on the ground in a clump of high brush. The nest was built about 4 ft high and about 2 ft by 3 ft at base. There was evidence of recent activity by the newly gnawed sticks placed at the top of the nest. This was a noted lack of green material at the base of the nest or surrounding that built adjacent to a sizable oak grove. Caught Neotoma fuscipes arrecta
8. Set large trap in dogwood thicket at base of moderate size nest. Two sticks at top of nest indicating