Field notes, v545
Page 17
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M. Boyce 1932. 1/2 mi. E. Misamont, 3500 ft., Fresno Co., 61 Calif. December 17, 1932 putting up another Pipilo fuscus and examining and preparing infected parts of Onr's four mice (Peromyscus calif.), and 3 Peromyscus boylii). Blood smears were made of both of my Pipilos and Onr's 4 mice as well as a Passerella iliaca that Or put up. One Peromyscus boylii (871? -On) had an abscess (1.5 mm. dia.) on the right central lobe of the liver and the kidneys appeared to be finely scottled or etched. The intestines appeared to be normal. Wt 24.59. Another Peromyscus boylii (873? - On) had about 15 minute abscesses around the thin edges of the lobes of the liver. The kidneys and intestines appeared to be normal. (No intestinal smears were made of either of the above 2 specimens) Wt 27.29. When retrieving the Pipilo fuscus I shot this morning, I came across the whole body (skinned?) of a fox, the skull of which was kept as a pick up( ). In talking with the man in charge of the camp here at Deer Crossing, (Mr. Hillis ) I learned that a weasel