Field notes, v560
Page 143
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J. Chatter Perognathus parvus 8 mi. ENE Pasco, 650ft., Franklin Co., Wash. July 22 - in 40 traps 15 feet apart caught 26 P. parvus and at locality 5 mi ENE Paseo, 500ft., Franklin Co., Wash. canught 21 P. parvus in 50 traps total of 47 mice in 90 traps July 31 N.E. edge. Alkali lake 4200ft., Lake Co., Oregon canught 1 ? specimen in 54 traps at 20 feet apart in sandy soil in Sagebrush and greasewood. Little or no cheat grass present which may be responsible for low population of Perognathus. 17 Peromyscus maniculatus. 4 Dipodomys ordii 2 Microdipodops megacephalus were caught same evening. Aug 1. 2 mi. E Vinton, 490ft., Plumas Co., Calif. 58 traps yielded only 1 P. parvus. Sage brush & cheat grass plentiful. - (Possibly altitude and not presence of food plants determines population?)