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Friday Nov6. Took Scinurus, Certains,
Phrompens and Donus neborhoodni and
Personatus also a few birds.
Saturday Nov6. Took a ruffed
Grouse near the Fork and a few
mammals. Day snowy and windy.
Saturday Nov7. Took a few mammals and
Bonasa in the afternoon. In the
afternoon fixed up my specimens
and worked on my notes.
Sunday Nov8. Rattles and wind.
The barometer wind down last night 5/10 below 0
Monday Nov9. Took a few mammals
and a goshawa. Very few birds now
about.
Tuesday Nov10. Park in the day working
on reports.
Wednesday Nov11. Spent the forenoon in the
woods taking some riddles and a
Shumplad grouse and a few mice in
paths. In P.M. skinned my specimens and
worked on notes. a rare cold day
Thursday Nov12. Put in the day on reports
Friday Nov 13. Took a G.N.-owl in Trap and
shirk some snowbirds. Also trapped
a few mice. A very raw cold day, the
coldest of the season so far. Took some photos.
Nov27. Have been taking a few specimens
Nearly every day. Today Mrs. week
Cony left for Providence
Nov28. Accompanied Capt. Mills on a visit
this line & rabbit snares extending
about 6 miles. I crossed the river
diagonally downward from the
foot of the island to get to the
beginning of the track which made
a circle inland. I found 27
squirrels. Took some riddles and
a Hudsonian Chickadee.
See 5. During the past week I have several
times spent a part of the day in the
woods and have taken a few small
birds and several Great Horned,
and Snowy Owls.
Today I again put the rounds
of the snares getting a large number
of rabbits and a ruffled grouse,
which I shot. near the Fork. While
crossing the river I saw Tracks
of 3 wolves and several foxes
The Track on which the snares are
set passes through small spruce
forests and muskegs.