Field notes, v1360
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D. J. Hoffmeister 1939 Itinerary July 1 Columbia R., 300 ft. at mouth of Deschutes R., Wasco Co., Ore. Broke camp along the Crooked River about noon yesterday and drove down the river towards Prineville (via Oregon Highway "27") and thence to Redmond, north via U.S. Highway "97" to the Columbia River, and then west on U.S. Highway "30" to the mouth of the Deschutes river where we are encamped. On Oregon Highway "27," 7 miles up the river from Prineville, Chattin picked up a Marmota flaviventris on the roadway, where it had been run over. On this same highway, 6 1/2 miles down the river from Prineville, we got 3 coyote skulls from skeletons that were hanging on a fence. Along the road, saw only a few other Citellus helidigi. Saw no rabbits killed on the highway, but I was in the rear seat and may have overlooked some. Last night, I set out 40 traps at this locality. Set 10 of them in small islands in the Deschutes river that have been formed by the collecting of silt between 3 or 4 rocks and supporting a small amount of bunch grass. I caught nothing in this trap but lost 2 of them. Incidentally, Longhurst caught a Mus musculus on the same island that I lost one of these traps on. The other 30 traps were set in basaltic rocks about 50 feet from the river and