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D.F. Hoffmeister
1938
Sept. 9
Strawberry Canyon (Neud Pool), Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
About 6:30 P.M. went up the canyon along the
south side road (= Old Canyon Road) to east
end of pool. Set 6 snap traps along roadway at
southeast gate to pool.
Sept. 10
At 6:45 A.M. visited traps. 4 mammals in the 6
traps. 3 Peromyscus truei gilberti (1?, 2?) and
one Reithrodontomys (?). Two of the Peromyscus
were caught in the accumulated sticks and
leaves at the base of an oak on a slope
from the roadway; the other in a nearby
blackberry thicket (beneath). A trap under the
fence enclosing the pool caught the harvest
mouse.
Sept. 15
Forest Exp. Plot, Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Cal.
Set 16 traps shortly before dark. Six of the traps
in the madrone groove along the fence
bordering the boundary of the primitive
area. Set other five right at the
experimental plot in growth of Artemesia.
Sept. 16
Visited the 11 traps and found 6 Peromyscus; 2
at Experimental Plot, 4 in madrone groove. One (?)
in the traps in madrone groove was still
alive as he was caught by foot in one trap
and his tail in another. Took him out, put
him in sack and took him to M.W.T. for
observation. One Peromyscus truei ? was