| S3 Page 32Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft.
Date: Oct. 8
Page Number: 2575
6438 Merriam Chipmunk (male sign) 57.7g. 198x72x32x15. Shot on rock.
6439 Perognathus spinatus (female sign) 16.4g. 188x109x25x9. Trapped on
damp sand under edge of willow thicket, less than ten
feet from running water!
Discarded: Peromyscus boylei: 1(female sign) in lush grass near edge
of stream, in trap which held Microtus yesterday and 1 (male sign)
under edge of boulder at cascara bush on dry upland where
only P. truei had been taken previously; P. truei, 1 (male sign), under edge of boulder on dry upland.
6540 Pigmy Nuthatch (female sign) ad. 5.4g. Shot in willow.
6441 Song Sparrow (male sign) ad. 21.1g. In mouse trap under willow in
"Microtus gorge".
6442 Wren-Tit (female sign) ad. 14.2g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".} mates
6443 Wren-Tit (male sign) ad. 16.6g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".}
6444 Solitaire (female sign) im. 32.5g. Flew from cascara bush up into
pine where I shot it. The only one of this species so far seen.
6445 Fox Sparrow (male sign) im. 29.8g. Shot on rock under manzanita.
6446 Fox Sparrow (male sign) im. 29.3g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".
6447 Valley Quail (female sign) 156g.}All shot from one flock, in manzanita
6448 Valley Quail (female sign) 155g.}and deer(?) brush up among the hills.
6449 Valley Quail (male sign) 173g.}There seemed to be about 40 in
6450 Valley Quail (male sign) 146g.}the flock.
6451 Valley Quail (male sign) 166g.}
Interview with Salve Meling; came to this country in 1908;
has been at, or with main home at, San Jose, since about 1920;
in cattle business, and hence knows these mountains well.
Deer drop fawns in June and July, sometimes in
May; generally 2 fawns; Deer 1/2 to 1/3 now of former | S3 Page 32Collector: Grinnell - 1925
Location: La Grulla, 7200 ft.
Date: Oct. 8
Page Number: 2575
6438 Merriam Chipmunk (male sign) 57.7g. 198x72x32x15. Shot on rock.
6439 Perognathus spinatus (female sign) 16.4g. 188x109x25x9. Trapped on
damp sand under edge of willow thicket, less than ten
feet from running water!
Discarded: Peromyscus boylei: 1(female sign) in lush grass near edge
of stream, in trap which held Microtus yesterday and 1 (male sign)
under edge of boulder at cascara bush on dry upland where
only P. truei had been taken previously; P. truei, 1 (male sign), under edge of boulder on dry upland.
6540 Pigmy Nuthatch (female sign) ad. 5.4g. Shot in willow.
6441 Song Sparrow (male sign) ad. 21.1g. In mouse trap under willow in
"Microtus gorge".
6442 Wren-Tit (female sign) ad. 14.2g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".} mates
6443 Wren-Tit (male sign) ad. 16.6g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".}
6444 Solitaire (female sign) im. 32.5g. Flew from cascara bush up into
pine where I shot it. The only one of this species so far seen.
6445 Fox Sparrow (male sign) im. 29.8g. Shot on rock under manzanita.
6446 Fox Sparrow (male sign) im. 29.3g. Shot in ceanothus "buckthorn".
6447 Valley Quail (female sign) 156g.}All shot from one flock, in manzanita
6448 Valley Quail (female sign) 155g.}and deer(?) brush up among the hills.
6449 Valley Quail (male sign) 173g.}There seemed to be about 40 in
6450 Valley Quail (male sign) 146g.}the flock.
6451 Valley Quail (male sign) 166g.}
Interview with Salve Meling; came to this country I 1908;
has been at, or with main home at, San Jose, since about 1910;
in cattle business, and hence knows these mountains well.
Deer drop fawns in June and July, sometimes in
May; generally 2 fawns; Deer 1/2 to 1/3 now of former |
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