Field notes: Eastern United States return trip through Canada and Northwest United States, San Diego trip,1916, and second Eastern United States trip "via northwest", v4546
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Portland - Oct. 4 Squaw Cr., 20 mi. W. Bend (east side) drainage; but I can't see external differences, in color or pelage between douglasii and mazama. Skulls here are not, cleared! These are in glass jars, dry; could be routed out if needed. Ten vigren are all black; no brown-colored gophers from the localities (around Mercer, Lane Co.) known to Jewett. He has seen about 22 individuals all told: no browns! They are scarce, because ground there is "all humped up" by voles (orarius and townsendii). Buy gophers from Alex Walker - of all races within reach; he would probably get them at 75c each. Elmer Griepentrog is young fellow; works in a tannery; honestly a bit dubious! Erratic - went to Hollywood & work in movies! Neotoma fuscipes: northernmost record: station = Mulino, Clackamas Co., only 30 mi. S and a little east of Portland; the skin on which this record is based is in Reed College; might be borrowed from Prof. Lawrence E. Griffith there. It has a skull. The only two here are from Gold Hill, Jackson Co., and look to me just like NW Calif. fuscipes.