Field notes, v1360
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Hoffmeister 1942 Itinerary 6mi. W 3 1/4 mi. S Lone Pine, 6300 ft., Inyo Co. Calif. boylii and P. maniculatus, and 1 Stelaperus. 25 traps set along the south rim of Tuttle Creek at 6mi. W and 3 1/4 mi. S Lone Pine, 6300 ft., caught 3 Perognathus longimembris, 1 Reithrodonmys, and 2 Peromyscus maniculatus. The Perognathus longimembris were caught and is rather coarse sand supporting predominantly Artemisia, Ephedra viridis. May 28 Set 40 traps in the Artemisia - Ephedra association, and caught 3 Perognathus longimembris, 1 Reithrodonmys megalotis, and Peromyscus maniculatus. Up a slope immediately to the south of camp, set 25 traps. Caught 4 Peromysca crinitus, 1 Peromyscus truei, 1 P. maniculatus, and 1 P. boylii (if no. 648 is of this species). In about a 150 ft. rise, and in a trap line about 350 feet long, 4 species of Peromyscus were caught. The P. crinitus were caught among the rocks, not only at the top, but along the sides. The P. truei was taken from beneath a pinton. The P. boylii was taken in the rocks where there was considerable Artemisia as was the P. maniculatus. Tuttle Creek Camp Artemisia or Ephedra pinons Rocks Saw 3 California Jays fly along this above pictured crest, but was unable to collect them. Made two gopher pits near camp, but because of the