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Hooper,
1937
Berkeley, Alameda Co., Calif.
Jan. 13,
Set out 4 "snap" traps and 6 "Delusion"
mouse traps last night in the Salicornia
salt marshes 1 mi. E mouth of San
Pablo Cr., Contra Costa Co., Calif. Bait
used was oatmeal. Weather conditions:
cold, +10 m.p.h. north wind; snow on
hills in Marin Co. and on hills back
of Berkeley Hills. This locality
is the same place visited on Oct. 25,
1936.
This morning I found the Delusion
traps untouched. In the govt. mouse
traps were: 3 Reithrodontomy, 4
Microtus, 1 Sorex vagrans, and 3 Mus
musculus, and 1 Marsh song sparrow.
The 3 house mice were discarded and
the song sparrow given to Mr. W. B.
Davis. The remaining 10 specimens
were put up by myself.
Jan. 16,
last night,
Drove to Melrose Marsh about 1/2 mi. E
Bay Farm Island and set out 24 snap traps,
6 Delusion traps, and 20 "can" live traps.
The weather: cloudy, rained just after
put the traps out. The Salicornia in which
I sat was for the most part dead, probably