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8/13/25
stayed around until I left.
Hanging by their tail and feet they would shake small
branches with their hind feet
until the leaves would come
tumbling down. One of these males
was young and the other [illegible]
much older and larger. Frequently
the younger would climb up to
the older one and apparently
careass him, then turn and sling
angry threats at me and shake
the branches. As I was climbing
down a tree from fixing a bait
an arboreal mouse passed
me going up. There were
several young clinging to her.
It looked very much like the one
I got out of a wrens nest two
days ago. (Nyctomys)? This could have been
Marmosa.
August 14, 1925 - Warm all
day. Wind in the N.E. Morain.
Later yesterday afternoon I took
two blozen mouse traps and
set them in a place along the edge
of the corn patch where I have
been trying to trap pocket mice.
Most of the vegetation there was
a heavy stemmed broad leafed grass mixed with a few
other weeds and calclaws shrubs
or vines. I baited the traps by
placing corn on the trap near the
peddle. Then to get ahead of the
ants I left camp as soon as I could
see. I had two spiny pocket mice