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Saturday July 21. Near Riverside
Zooh. Peromyscus leucopus,
Prompusus + Microtus mordax
Left Steel Springs early and
on the road eastbound for a
couple of miles to the main
Valley - Burns road. Went down
through a valley where a
considerable amount of dry farming
is going on. There is water at
only one place (Shumway) when this
is a windmill. Pocket Gopher signs
very common. Saw one Brush
rabbit near Creston. Shot a
couple of rattlesnakes before rocky
Creston. A little beyond parra
mouse and caught it. A Lagurus.
At a single reservoir in the hills
for a number of waterbirds
Beyond. Caught a smoothsnake
(?) (Nessanak?) Two woodchucks seen near Skulls.
Camped under Live a few miles before
rocky Riverside
A Lagurus in the stands gone
Rattler rattlesnake
Sunday Aug 1. To Riverside
Down town to Riverside and
to the Post-office but got no mail.
Drove out on the main a half
mile west of town and
made camp. Put out some
Traps. Signs of Peromyscus platy