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Woffenstein
1939
Itinerary
2 1/2 mi. SW Drigon, 300 ft., Morrow Co., Oregon
Paterson, drove on to Drigon, where we set out made
several gopher settings, and later continued to
this locality. This spot is typically Columbian
plains lands, with flat country cut-up only
by shallow ravines, and all the area
covered with Lurshia, a type of cheat grass, and
one other xerophylous type of low, well spaced
shrub. I had 55 traps out, and caught
10 Perognathus parvus (1 ?, 3 ?), 1 Reithrodontomys
megalotis ?, 1 Dipodomys ordii ?, 1 Onychomys
leucogaster ?.
July 21
Snake R., 350 ft., 1 mi. N Burbank, Walla Walla Co., Wash.
Broke camp about 2 P.M. and drove to
Plymouth and then northeastward across
Horse Heaven Hills to Paseo were we stopped
for supplies. Continued on to this locality after
suppu, set up camp, and then set out
35 museum special traps. Set traps
along a fence paralleling an alfalfa
field. Caught nothing, and 3 other members
of the party were equally unsuccessful.
On the way back to camp, I watched a
weasel (Mustela [penata?]) for about 10 minutes
from 10 feet distance. The spot was
in some driftwood that had piled up
along the Snake river and the exact