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Bartholomew
1941
Microtus longicaudus
July 22 3 mi. S Mt. Rose, 8500 ft., Washoe Co., Nevada
Two (numbers 53 & 54) were caught in traps ten feet apart.
Both were placed in short green grass about a foot from
the edge of a swiftly flowing stream about four feet
wide and 8 to 10 inches deep. Traps were both placed
beneath elder berry bushes. The trap between the two
which caught the Microtus caught a Sorex palustris.
July 23. A single specimen (56) was caught in a trap set on
top of moist sand a yard below an overhanging
rock which was situated in the midst of a moist almost
marshy meadow covered with sedge, grass, Yerathrum,
and elder berry. 9 other traps were set out in same
site, but only P. maniculatus were caught.
July 27: Middle Cr., 8000 ft., White Mts., Esmeralda Co., Nevada
While hunting for deer I crossed Middle Creek and in a
thicket of gooseberry underneath some Betula fontanella
I saw a M. longicaudus climbing in the gooseberry brush
about 3 feet from the ground (time 8:30 a.m). I backed
up and shot him. My presence and my movements
seemed not to frighten him.