Alaska field notes, v4411
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bellies than any that we had found previously. No bats were seen. Few deer inhabit that part of the island and only 3 or 4 were seen. On the summit of a mountain some 5 miles west of our camp we found a large Mycrothys fairly common at an altitude of 2600 feet. They seemed to be larger than any that we had found elsewhere and were apparently only found above timber line as we saw no signs at all in the grass patches farther down and none were caught below 2800 feet altitude. X Bear signs were not even common in the most favorable localities. Mr. Allen E. Hasselborg succeeded in securing a young male and a 9m a thick swamp. He had struck their tracks and was following them along down the stream among the thick alders. His attention was attracted by some animal crashing thru the thick brush and alders along side of the trail that he was