Field notes, v1360
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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.