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Chattin. J.
1940
Itinerary
2 1/2 mi. SE Chinook, 10ft, Pacific Co., Wash
in large - broad-leaved maple.
Aug 10
(cbdtd)
p.m. Traps were reset - 1 Sorex vagrans was
caught. - 2 Sciurus [illegible] were shot
at base of large Sitka spruce (13' x 12'). -
? was shot 1st and ? remained at base of
tree and was shot a few seconds later.
p.m. 2 more steel sets were made for Hypodontia
Aug. 11 - a.m. Trap line was inspected and traps
reset. Catch in mouse traps consisted of
2 Sorex vagrans, 2 Sorex trowbridgii, 2 Neurotichus
(1 caught in drying grass at edge of blackberry
thicket, the other in heavy stand of Xerophyllum
on moist humus soil). 6 Zapus were caught
in traps set in excavated burrows in
heavy stand of Carex. - 1 Neotoma cinerea was
caught in #2 steel trap. Rat was caught by
head at eye level. - At 4 mi. NW Chinook, 10ft., in
p.m. - 25 small mouse traps were set in burrows
in wet mucky soil for Microtus. Land is flat
with small tidal sloughs cutting back from
the river. Vegetation is Xerophyllum and
Bermuda(?) grass. Surface runs were scarce,
and no very fresh sign was noted. 1 #9
jump trap was set in fresh mustial run.
Aug. 12 - a.m. Inspected trap line and reset traps.
Catch in mouse traps consisted of 1 juvenile
Peromyscus, 1 Sorex vagrans, 1 Sorex obscurus, 1 Sorex