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M. Boyers
1932
\frac{1}{2} mi. E. Miramonte, 3500 ft., Fresno Co., 63
Calif.
December 18, 1932
Up at 5:50 A.M. and went rounds of traps, getting a Peromyscus boylii and a Peromyscus truei, then went hunting brush rabbits, saw two, but got neither.
They were on the shaded, west facing slope, passing under low, thick, sprawl-out patches of Madrone and in both cases were in the open only a fraction of a second as they crossed a live trail. Poison oak and Manzanita as well as Buckeye formed almost impassable thickets, growing down to within twelve to eighteen inches of the ground. While looking for rabbits I saw a Grey Squirrel come down a large Black Oak tree and go off thru the brush.
We remained until about 2:30 P.M., and then went in the truck down (west) the road to a place \frac{1}{4} mi W. Miramonte (direct distance) and set out about 20 traps spaced around some promising holes that may be Perognathus holes. They were from an inch and a quarter to two inches wide and were left open as well as slanted gently into the ground. No droppings were found.