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Hooper,
1936.
1/2 mi. N Vya, 6000 ft., Washoe Co., Nev.
July 20,
50 ft. from the camp house. Observed here
among grass on marshy ground: ! Hyla.
Shot a Centamice from a juniper; since
the skull was bodily crushed, it was
not saved. Collected a skrike from a
juniper near the house!
July 21,
Set out 21 mouse traps in "native grass"
and at bases of Artemesia bushes. Microtus
runways were faintly discernable in
the grassy areas near the spring. Area
trapped: all within 100 ft. radius from
ranch house where are camped.
Caught this morning: 2 Microtus
mordax and 12 Peromyscus maniculatus .
Quinn R. Crossing, 4100 ft., Humboldt Co., Nev.
Yesterday afternoon left camp at Vya.
Drove eastward by a Pinte + Shoshone
Indian Reservation and northward to
Denio, then south to Quinn River
crossing - a ranch with two houses.
Hot route, see map in notebook of W.C.
Russell. Picked up a coyote skull
near a dry lake 26 mi. (by road) east
of Vya. Spent night near the Indian
reservation. Drove here today.