Field notes, v1344
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J.G.Hall 1954 June 13 Roberts Ranch, 8200 ft., Wyman Creek, White Mts., Inyo Co., Calif. pointer about 200 yds up on a slope near some mt. mahogany. Ward shot one of the does & she ran about 50 yds. Found her dead under a mahogany. Fur v. poor & all off around muzzle & angle of jaw. Pregnant. Two well formed fawns inside when Ward cut her open in camp. Back by 7:30. Shot two empid- onax just down from camp. Reset flash-trap & fawn hip as bait. June 14 5:30 A.M. Checked flash-trap which had been fired- suspect cottontail tho' no tracks visible. Packed up & left camp for downstream. Picbed one where road veers sharply S away from stream just after crossing it. Elev. about 6750 ft. Wyman Creek, White Mts, Inyo Co., Calif. Lizards are every- where. Much sage & bitterbrush & some Pinyons on the hill slope. Stream choked & willow & rose. Soil very sandy. Weather v. warm. Left for Deep Springs. On way saw Clark's & a couple Black-tail Jackrabbits. Went to Big Pine & returned for late supper. Epitetrus, Epistrellle and