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Behle
1933.
Horse Mt. 4700 - 5000 ft Humboldt Co. Cal.
June 3
Immediately beneath the notice
in English 'the words of which
I have copied is a repetition
of the same in Spanish.
Considerable mole workings
are to be found about the
country.
A white-headed Woodpecker
was seen from camp to day.
From the appearance of the
mole mounds it would seem that
the creatures are active all winter
and come up to the surface beneath
the snow for short excursions as
contrasted with the gopher which
travels long distances beneath the
snow on the ground surface. In
setting for moles earthworms were
found.
June 4-
The trapline of 80 traps (50 mouse
and 30 rat and 2 mole sets) this morning
brot: 1 ? Peromyscus m rubidus from under
Huckleberry Oak bush when there was dry
litter of leaves and pine needles;
1 ? P. m. rubidus from inside cavity at
base of Douglas Spruce the floor being
covered with dry wood dust; 1 ? P. m. rubidus