Field notes, v1360
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Hoffmeister 1939 Entomias amoenus July 12 Twin Buttes, 4300 ft., 2½ mi. SW Steamboat Mtn, Skamania Co., Wash. Caught 1 specimen of this species in rat traps I set out during the day. Previous to catching this chipmunk, I watched it, but it gave its single note at the base of a pine and then ran up into the thicker branches when closer approached. July 13 Caught another specimen in 3 rat traps I left out during the day. This species is relatively more numerous here than it was at Brooks Meadow, 9 mi. ENE Mt. Hood, Oregon, a fact which I attribute to this area having been recently burned over, leaving now considerable open area, and not as thick and dense as at Brooks Meadow. Entomias travancurii seem to dominate dense growth; and E. amoenus are found in open areas. July 26 1 mi. E and 5 mi. S Dixie, 4300 ft., Walla Walla Co., Wash. Caught 2 and shot 3 of this species here. Four were taken in an area 150 ft. square in which all the trees had been tall but not removed. The other was taken along a trail, a short distance from dense growth of conifers. In the cheek pouch of one animal, I found 1