Field notes, v1360
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Hoffmeister 1943 Itinerary June 10 E base Waucoba Mtn, 7300 ft, Inyo Co., Calif. Avena and other shrubs. The hills are covered with shale and larger rocks. The flats are filled with water apparently following the melting of the snow as the ground is cracked in the bottoms of them. June 11 Set 52 traps out last p.m. 7 were in the Artemisia, etc. flat and they caught 1 Perognathus parvus, 1 Reithrodontomys megalotis, and 3 Peromyscus maniculatus. 2 traps around the cabin caught 1 P. maniculatus. 43 traps set on the hill adjacent to the cabin amid pixon, juniper, shale and rocks stunted Artemisia (sparse), caught 2 Peromyscus truei, 5 Peromyscus crinitus, and 5 P. maniculatus. There is a family of Citellus lateralis consisting of a lactating female and 6 young living under the cabin. During the afternoon I live-trapped 5 of the young and put them in box. They are old enough to eat soft foods. They readily took milk given them from an eye dropper. Frequently they pick up dead pixon needles and chew on them without much success. They did not eat green pixon needles given them. June 12 Set 12 traps in the flat catching 1 Perognathus parvus and 1 young P. crinitus. The occurrence of Peromyscus crinitus in this flat with only small rocks, is interesting. Petelka caught several P. crinitus in this flat June 11. They were all young.