El Salvador field notes, v4500
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December 30, 1926 no 12263 was shot near a rock fence by trail at night it ran across trail close to me but kept on going until it reached the rock fence then following it for a ways it came to an opening in rock fence here it stopped to eat then I shot it these have a tiny reddish white eye not every far apart this mammal was shot 2 mi west of Rio Gracoran very fat stomach contained fruit breeds, no 12264 was shot at night by trail in small revine about 1/2 mi west of Rio Gracoran it also had small reddish eyes and was first seen on trail but to close to shoot then it went down in this revine where I shot it with shot pistol it stomach contained grasshoppers but was not very fat December 31, 1926 I skinned no 12241, 12242, 12243, & 12264 salted them then packed ready to return to Divizadero January 1, 1927 we returned to Divizadero arriving their at about 5:30 o'clock