Field notes: Along California and Nevada boundary, v508
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Bartholomew 1941 Itinerary July 22. 3 mi. S Mt. Rose, 8500 ft., Washoe Co., Nevada I came up from Berkeley yesterday on a Greyhound bus and was met by Dr Hall in Reno. Put out 50 mouse traps, all in moist sites along edge of small tributary of Grants creek. Caught 6 ♂ and 4 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus, 1 ♀ Sorex palustris, 1♂Microtis longicaudus and 1 ♀ Microtus montanus. July 23 Put out 55 mouse traps, 25 in sedge and deep grass along edge of creek and 30 in a grassy upland meadow. Caught 10 ♂ and 6 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus, 1♂ Microtus montanus This over one. I shot two Citellus bellingsi, and yesterday I shot a ♂Tamiasciurus douglasii. This morning I also shot a marmot (Marmota flaviventris) and a Eutamias speciosus. July 24 6 mi. NE Virginia City, 6000', Storey Co., Nevada Drove from Mt. Rose to Reno to ship some things back to Berkeley and then came out to Virginia City, picked up some mail and drove to this camp. I put out 60 traps on a rocky slope covered with sage brush, Penis monophylla, juniperus, and Ceanothus. Caught 7♂ and 5 ♀ Peromyscus maniculatus, 1 ♀ Reithrodontymy, 1 ♀ Perognathus parvus, and 1♂ Peromyscus truei. I also shot one Eutamias minimus about 6:45 a.m. Late in the afternoon I walked to the top of the ridge east of camp looking for Eutamias panamintinus, but I didn't see a one. July 25 Set out 88 mouse traps in mixed sage and pinnon. Caught 7 ♀ and 8 ♂ Peromyscus maniculatus, one ♀ Dipodomys levicogyps and one Perognathus longimembris (♂)