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May 8. Killed a Lepus sylvaticus, an Arctomys, a Spermophila & caught an Arvicola & a Thomomys
Set traps, hunted, & skinned things. Found a Porcupine but he got into a hole. Cloudy & not very warm.

" [[Ditto for: May]] 9 Caught 3 Thomomys, an Arvicola longicaulis an Onychomys, & killed a Tamias lateralis.
Went up the cañon to top of hill & onto the highest peak near here, probably a 1000 feet above the valley, stunted Pinus flexilis grow on the very top. Found some Tamias lateralis on rocks on the high hills.
Snow is 50 feet deep - in places more - on the north side of steep hills
Rained & snowed for about an hour in P.M. Cold all day.

" [[Ditto for: May]] 10 Caught an Arvicola longicaudus, 2 Hesperomys, 
Shot 3 Spermophiles & an Arctomys.
Hunted down in the valley but found nothing new except Spizella aranecea.
Put up the specimens, set a trap for Wild Cat.
Cold morning & cool all day.

Transcription Notes:
Reviewed. Can't confirm Spizella [[aranecca?]] -@siobhanleachman a few minor edits. Can's solve spizella mystery either, but think aranecca is probably what it says, so I removed the brackets -@meg_shuler UPDATE on a later page he writes it more clearly and spelled differently and it is Spizella arenacea, which appears to be a subspecies of S. pusilla the Field Sparrow -@meg_shuler