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Transcription
Hoffmeister
1941
Catalog
Tri. W Fallon, Churchill County, Nevada
August, 1941
Skull only
446. sex Lepus ?
coll. by Vernon Mills
This skull was sent in by Ray Alcorn on August 16, with the following data on a correspondence dated Aug. 15: "Vernon Mills gave me the lead... shot near his place [4 mi. W Fallon, & presumably shortly before Aug. 15 (DF 14)]. He was of the opinion it was a cross between a jackrabbit & a domestic rabbit because the fur was of a light color... also... that both kinds [jacks & domestics] were running wild at this place..."
Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif. (from laboratory stock)
August 22 (born about May 15, 1941)
in spirits
447 ♂ Cricetus (Mesocricetus) auratus (Partial embalmed & then put in emb. fluid)
" 448 ♂ " " " " " +then put in formalin)
" 449 ♂ " " "
Skel only 450 ♂ " " "
body in spirits 451 ♂ " " " 141-14-20-13/17
Strawberry Canyon, Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
Aug. 25 1941 (born June 19, 1941)
452 ♀ Peromyscus truei 168-86-22-20
Near Ann Arbor, Washtenaw Co., Michigan
Sept. 12, 1941 (coll. by W.H. Burt)
453. ? Citellus tridecemlineatus 204-30-34-9
Collected by W.H.Bunt about Sept. 5, 1941, and sent to Dr. Harold Kirby, who examined (killed) the animal for protozoa.