J.R. Alcorn Neotoma cinerea Bushey tailed wood rat. Sept. 1936 5 mi. W Fallon, 4000 ft., Churchill Co., Nevada. No 92a JRA. Bushey tailed wood rat given to me by Bill Blake who caught it at his ranch house. He got it one night as it was in some virginia creeper bushes by his window about 4 feet up from the ground. This is the first bushy tailed rat I have heard of being low in the valley here. Vernon Mills says they are up the river and canal about 10 mi. W Fallon Nev. but I was unable to locate any. January 25 1938 1 mi. E Weeks, 4200 ft., Lyon Co., Nevada No's JRA 119a and 120 a. Along the Carson river above Sahontan Dam and from two to 4 miles down river from Old Fort Churchill these rats are common. Large Cottonwood trees are along the river with some having three or four main trunks that start at the ground or base of the tree thus having an ideal place for these rats to build a nest. The nest often starts at about four or five feet off the ground and continues on up between