Field notes: Along California and Nevada boundary, v508
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Bartholomew 1941 Eutamias minimus July 24, 6 mi NE Virginia City, 6000 ft, Storey Co., Nevada ♂ 66 was shot after running across an open space for about twenty feet from a clump of sage and dodging in under the low-hanging branches of Pinus monophylla. The area is covered with sage and numerous pinions and junipers. July 27, Middle Cr., 8000 ft, White Ints., Esmeralda Co., Nevada Our camp was on edge of marsh meadow in a canyon both sides of which were rocky and covered by sage brush and Pinus monophylla. The most abundant mammal in the sage and pinion was E. minimus. One could often see three or four at one time. Running from one sage brush to the next. Scattered through the sage were clumps of Ephedra and cholla. None of the chipmunks came down in the marsh or in the beds (Betula fontanella, willows), or Populus trichocarpa along the stream. I shot one, ♂ 77.