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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