Alaska field notes typed, v4498
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Paril Strait. Alaska Aug. 21 to 27 1907. MAMMALS. Odocoileus columbianus sitkensis. Sitka Deer. Deer tracks were common. Peromyscus sitkensis. Sitka White-footed Mouse. Not very common. Caught only in the timber. Microtus sitkensis. Sitka Meadow Mouse. Saw runways in one place only. 15 traps in three nights caught four mice. Saw no burrows. Ursus. Saw no bear tracks. Hasselborg found very little sign at any of the salmon streams within ten miles, but found some signs further back in the mountains. He has formed the opinion that the bears here eat less salmon and more vegetable food than on Admiralty Island. Sorex sp.? Caught several shrews, but half of them were destroyed by being eaten by other animals. One was being eaten by a large slug as I made my round. Putorius sp.? Hasselborg saw a Weasel at his tent. He says it was larger than those I caught at Hawk Inlet.