Field notes, v510
Page 133
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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