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R. Aleorn
1940.
Sorex
\frac{1}{2} mi. SW Mt. Shasta City, 3400 ft., Siskiyou Co., Calif.
May 7, 1940.
What appears to be Sorex vagrans
were caught in a NE facing wet
meadow. They are numerous and
active both day and night. Setting
70 mouse traps, about 20 to 10 ft. apart,
in runways, I caught 28 shrews
in the last 24 hours. 7 shrews
were taken today in the middle of the
day. The animals are eating the
bait and springing the traps on
numerous occasions. W.C. Russell
& F.H. Test also took about 20 shrews
in the same general area. I have never
before seen these shrews so
numerous. Most of them were
taken in moist or wet places
where the grass is about 8 to 12 inches
high.