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Hoffmeister
1947
Itinerary
1 1/4 mi. N & 2 1/2 mi. E Benton Station, Mono Co., Calif.
but caught nothing. At 8:50 p.m. (7:50 pm std time) I caught an
byhawk.
adult Scleropus. It was dusk at this time and was late
enough that I thought the animal might be a mouse.
June 18
Only set out 35 traps last night as we plan to break
camp today. These traps were set in the Artemisia above
camp. There are a few pinyons scattered among the Artemisia,
fewer mountain mahoganies, and 1 juniper. These traps
caught 5 Perognathus parvus, 3 (2 yg.) Peromyscus truei, 1
Lerinitus and 4 P. maniculatus. 4 traps set around the
grub boxes in camp caught 1 Perognathus parvus and 2
Peromyscus maniculatus. This later Perognathus had pitch
on its belly (underfur) and feet. I don't know if this mouse
got the pitch off the trap or whether it had been in a pinyon or
among some recently cut pinyon branches. The grub boxes
were beneath pinyons. Beneath these pinyons and around the
food boxes die caught Perognathus parvus, Peromyscus truei,
Lerinitus, and P. maniculatus. 3 Schuyler traps left out
overnight caught nothing.
Drove in to Bishop and thence back to Benton
where we obtained information concerning Glass Mtn.
Continued along the road toward Levining slightly (1/4 mi) past
(west) of Gaspipe Spring. At this point there is a